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| Main Entry: | spasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | twitch, fit |
| Synonyms: | access, attack, burst, contraction, convulsion, eruption, frenzy, jerk, outburst, pain, paroxysm, seizure, throe, yank |
| Main Entry: | ache |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sore feeling; dull pain |
| Synonyms: | anguish, hurt, misery, pang, spasm, suffering, throb, throe, twinge, pounding, smarting, soreness, throbbing |
| Notes: | a pain is something that hurts; an ache is a prolonged dull pain |
| Antonyms: | comfort, ease, health, relief |
| Main Entry: | disturbance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion; upset |
| Synonyms: | agitation, annoyance, bother, brawl, brouhaha, clamor, confusion, convulsion, derangement, disorder, disruption, distraction, eruption, explosion, ferment, fisticuffs, flap, fracas, fray, fuss, hindrance, hubbub, hullabaloo*, insurrection, interruption, intrusion, perturbation, quake, quarrel, racket, rampage, restlessness, riot, ruckus, rumble, shock, spasm, stink*, stir*, storm, to-do*, tremor, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uprising, uproar, violence, big scene, big stink, disarrangement, molestation |
| Antonyms: | calm, order, peace, quiet, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seizure; sudden emotion |
| Synonyms: | access, attack, blow, bout, burst, caprice, convulsion, frenzy, humor, mood, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, rage, rush, spasm, spate, spell, stroke, tantrum, throe, torrent, turn, twitch, whim, whimsy, conniption, epileptic attack, jumps |
| Main Entry: | frenzy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncontrolled state or situation |
| Synonyms: | aberration, agitation, blow, blow a fuse, blow one's cork, blow one's stack, blow one's top, bout, burst, conniption, convulsion, craze, delirium, derangement, distemper, distraction, dithers, excitement, ferment, fever, fit, flap*, flip one's lid, free-for-all*, furor, fury, fuss, hell broke loose, hysteria, insanity, lather, lunacy, madness, mania, outburst, paroxysm, passion, rage, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, seizure, spasm, stew, stir, to-do*, transport, turmoil, wingding |
| Antonyms: | calmness, peace, peacefulness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | orgasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | climax |
| Synonyms: | ejaculation, frenzy, peak, spasm |
| Main Entry: | outbreak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden happening |
| Synonyms: | beginning, blowup, brawl, break, breaking, burst, bursting, commencement, commotion, convulsion, crack, crash, dawn, detonation, discharge, disorder, disruption, effervescence, epidemic, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, flash, fury, gush, gushing, insurrection, irruption, mutiny, onset, outburst, outpouring, paroxysm, plague, rebellion, revolution, roar, sally, sortie, spasm, spurt, storm, surge, thunder, tumult, uprising, volley, ebullition, rending, sundering |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, finale |
| Main Entry: | outburst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fit of temper |
| Synonyms: | access, attack, blow, burst, discharge, eruption, explosion, flare, flare-up, frenzy, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, paroxysm, rapture, scene, spasm, storm, surge, tantrum, transport, upheaval, conniption |
| Antonyms: | harmony, order, peace |
| Main Entry: | pang |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ache, twinge |
| Synonyms: | agony, anguish, bite, discomfort, distress, gripe, misery, pain, prick, spasm, stab, sting, stitch, throb, throe, wrench |
| Antonyms: | tingle |
| Main Entry: | quiver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shaking, vibration |
| Synonyms: | convulsion, flash, glimmer, glitter, oscillation, palpitation, shake, shimmer, shiver, shudder, sparkle, spasm, throb, tic, tremble, tremor, twinkle, pulsation |
| Antonyms: | quiet, stillness |
| Main Entry: | twinge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sharp pain |
| Synonyms: | ache, bite, gripe, misery, pang, pinch, prick, shiver, smart, spasm, stab, stitch, throb, throe, tic, tweak, twist, twitch, lancination |
| Main Entry: | panic attack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anxiety attack |
| Synonyms: | panic, scare, spasm, fit of terror, panic disorder |
| Main Entry: | pain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical suffering |
| Synonyms: | ache, affliction, agony, burn, catch, convulsion, cramp, crick, discomfort, distress, fever, gripe, hurt, illness, injury, irritation, laceration, malady, misery, pang, paroxysm, prick, sickness, spasm, sting, stitch, strain, tenderness, throb, throe, tingle, torment, torture, trouble, twinge, wound, smarting, soreness |
| Antonyms: | comfort, health, well-being, good health |
| Main Entry: | rage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme anger |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, agitation, animosity, apoplexy, asperity, bitterness, blowup*, bluster, choler, convulsion, dander, eruption, exasperation, excitement, explosion, ferment, ferocity, fireworks, frenzy, furor, fury, gall, heat*, hemorrhage, huff*, indignation, ire, irritation, madness, mania, obsession, outburst, paroxysm, passion, rampage, raving, resentment, spasm, spleen, squall, storm, tantrum, temper, umbrage, uproar, upset, vehemence, violence, wrath, hysterics, wingding |
| Antonyms: | glee, happiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | seizure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | convulsive attack |
| Synonyms: | access, breakdown, convulsion, fit, illness, paroxysm, spasm, spell, stroke, throe, turn |
| Main Entry: | irregularity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unevenness |
| Synonyms: | aberration, break, bump, change, dent, deviation, distortion, flaw, hole, hump, imperfection, inconsistency, roughness, shift, spasm, stop, twist, uncertainty, variation, asymmetry, bumpiness, jaggedness, variability |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden dysfunction or disorder |
| Synonyms: | access, ailment, bout, breakdown, convulsion, disease, failure, fit, illness, paroxysm, relapse, seizure, spasm, spell, stroke, throe |
| Antonyms: | health |
| Main Entry: | spell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seizure |
| Synonyms: | access, attack, fit, illness, jag, paroxysm, spasm, stroke, throe, turn |
| Main Entry: | start |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flinch |
| Synonyms: | convulsion, jar, jump, scare, shock, spasm, turn, twitch |
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