Paroxysm

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  • noun. A sudden outburst of emotion or action.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease.
  • noun. A spasm or fit; a convulsion.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In medicine, a fit of any disease; periodical exacerbation of a disease.
  • noun. Hence Any sudden and violent action; spasmodic affection or action; convulsion; fit.
  • noun. Figuratively, a quarrel.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions.
  • noun. Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A random or sudden outburst (of activity).
  • noun. An explosive event during a volcanic eruption.
  • noun. A sudden recurrence of a disease.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a sudden uncontrollable attack
    • Word Usage
    "Her innards were in paroxysm, violently expelling what they no longer recognized as food."
    Form
    paroxysmal  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    attack  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    agony  brimful  ebullition  exclamation  flicker  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Jacksonian epilepsy  Rolandic epilepsy  abdominal epilepsy  access  acquired epilepsy  
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