spasmodic
English Thesaurus
1. occurring in spells and often abruptly (adj.all)
similar | : | sporadic, |
definition | : | recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances (adj.all) |
2. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm (adj.all)
similar | : | unsteady, |
definition | : | subject to change or variation (adj.all) |
3. occurring in spells and often abruptly (adj.all)
derivation | : | fitfulness, jerkiness, |
definition | : | the quality of being spasmodic and irregular (noun.attribute) |
4. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm (adj.all)
derivation | : | spasticity, |
definition | : | the quality of moving or acting in spasms (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | convulse, |
definition | : | contract involuntarily, as in a spasm (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | convulse, |
definition | : | cause to contract (verb.contact) |
5. occurring in spells and often abruptly (adj.all)
derivation | : | fitfulness, jerkiness, |
definition | : | the quality of being spasmodic and irregular (noun.attribute) |
6. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm (adj.all)
derivation | : | spasticity, |
definition | : | the quality of moving or acting in spasms (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | convulse, |
definition | : | contract involuntarily, as in a spasm (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | convulse, |
definition | : | cause to contract (verb.contact) |
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