spasm
58
3.9
- noun
- /ˈspæzəm/
- Specialized
:
espasmo
- After lifting the heavy box, I felt a painful spasm in my lower back.
- a muscle spasm
- pain and spasms
- spasms occur
Yes, it started as some spasms that wouldn't go away.
- Yes, it started as some spasms that wouldn't go away.
- Since giving birth to my first, I've experienced horrible back pain and back spasms due to the separation.
- And like, when you're dreaming, you're having little spasms.
- And the other study focused on severe muscle spasm and multiple sclerosis.
- My my veterans love for their spasms, that they have pain, sleep, PTSD.
- Like, you can put yourself into, like, lactic acid spasms in a single lap of a pool.
- Moist features, spasms on the lips.
- But I still occasionally get like these kind of like spasms in my groin and then also kind of like upper thigh, like groin area.
Examples
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Monty was hunched over, his body jerking with spasms as Archie held him tight.
Fiction book (1993) -
My shoulders went up in a sudden spasm, my neck sank into my chest.
Fiction book (1991) -
- Muscle spasm from when I fell earlier.
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My lord, I heard news of your death six months ago and experienced a spasm of regret.
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The only response was a spasm of pain on that haggard face.
Fiction book (1994) -
The pain is tightening my shoulder muscles into a spasm, and my back does not feel great.
Fiction book (1994) -
I was able to control the spasms of coughing, but his condition looked very serious.
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- My esophagus is going into spasms.
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Since giving birth to my first, I've experienced horrible back pain and back spasms due to the separation.
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"His breath came in short spasms of anguish as he replayed the scene."
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
431
9.9
A sudden painful tight muscle in the neck or back
80
4.4
Tightening and shortening of a muscle to cause movement
77
2.1
A sudden painful tightness in a muscle you cannot control
46
3.5
A sudden small muscle movement you cannot control, often from stress
16
7.9
A sudden sharp pain in the neck or back that makes it hard to move
7
3.4
A sudden tight movement of a muscle that hurts or feels uncomfortable
7
2.2
A sudden sharp movement or pull
4
6.1
A sudden painful tight feeling in the neck or back
3
3.4
A muscle that becomes shorter or tighter and causes movement and tension
1
9.9
A sudden muscle twitch you cannot control
1
3.5
A short tightening of a muscle that makes it shorten or stiffen
A sharp pain when a muscle suddenly tightens
A sudden painful muscle cramp in the neck or back
A small sudden muscle twitch you cannot control
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
7
3.4
A sudden tight movement of a muscle that hurts or feels uncomfortable
How Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word spasm comes from an old Greek word spasmos meaning 'a drawing' and from spao meaning 'to pull'. So a spasm is like a sudden, involuntary 'pull' or tightness in a muscle or organ.