spasm | Definition of spasm

Synonyms and Antonyms of spasm

1 a painful sudden tightening of a muscle

he suffers terribly from back spasms

Synonyms of spasm

charley horse, cramp, crick, kink

Words Related to spasm

contraction, jerk, pang, stitch, twinge, twitch

2 a sudden intense expression of strong feeling

a spasm of love that he had never experienced before

Synonyms of spasm

agony, blaze, burst, ebullition, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, flare-up, flash, flush, gale, gush, gust, outburst, paroxysm, storm

Words Related to spasm

blowup, grouch, rage, tantrum

ecstasy, rapture, transport

delirium, firestorm, frenzy, furor