paroxysm

Main Entry:
paroxysm [par-uhk-siz-uhm]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: seizure, spasm
Synonyms: agitation, anger, attack, convulsion, eruption, excitement, explosion, fit, flare-up, frenzy, frothing, fuming, furor, fury, hysterics, outbreak, outburst, passion, rage, violence
Main Entry: convulsion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: muscle spasm
Synonyms: algospasm, attack, contortion, contraction, cramp, epilepsy, fit, paroxysm, seizure, throe, tremor
Main Entry: explosion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: eruption, discharge
Synonyms: access, backfire, bang, blast, blowout, blowup, burst, clap, combustion, concussion, crack, detonation, firing, fit, flare-up, fulmination, gust, ignition, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, percussion, pop, report, roar, salvo
Antonyms: implosion
Main Entry: fit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: seizure; sudden emotion
Synonyms: access, attack, blow, bout, burst, caprice, conniption, convulsion, epileptic attack, frenzy, humor, jumps, mood, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, rage, rush, spasm, spate, spell, stroke, tantrum, throe, torrent, turn, twitch, whim, whimsy
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
Main Entry: gust
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rush, eruption
Synonyms: access, blast, blow, breeze, burst, explosion, fit, flare-up, flurry, gale, outburst, paroxysm, passion, puff, sally, squall, storm, surge
Antonyms: trickle
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, ebullition, effervescence, epidemic, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, flash, fury, gush, gushing, insurrection, irruption, mutiny, onset, outburst, outpouring, paroxysm, plague, rebellion, rending, revolution, roar, sally, sortie, spasm, spurt, storm, sundering, surge, thunder, tumult, uprising, volley
Antonyms: conclusion, end, finale
Main Entry: outburst
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fit of temper
Synonyms: access, attack, blow, burst, conniption, discharge, eruption, explosion, flare, flare-up, frenzy, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, paroxysm, rapture, scene, spasm, storm, surge, tantrum, transport, upheaval
Antonyms: harmony, order, peace
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, smarting, soreness, spasm, sting, stitch, strain, tenderness, throb, throe, tingle, torment, torture, trouble, twinge, wound
Notes: a pain is something that hurts; an ache is a prolonged dull pain
a pain is something that hurts as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder; a pane is a sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
Antonyms: comfort, good health, health, well-being
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