spasmodic
Collocations
5ADJ.
desultory, rare, relight, young
VERB + SPASMODIC
making
SPASMODIC + NOUN
asthma, croup, dysphonia, efforts, fashion, golf
PREP.
from, in
ADV.
instead
Definitions
adj
Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.
Convulsive; consisting of spasms.
spasmodic asthma
[…] Dr. Francis Fuller, […] upon wearing a Quick-ſilver Girdle, for the Cure of the Itch, (and that after an inconſiderate and raſh manner) was brought under a violent Spaſmodick Diſtemper, which was ſupposed by himſelf and others to be owing to ſome Mercurial Particles lodg'd in ſome excretory Ducts of the Brain.
Intermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts.
spasmodic zeal or industry
The chin was heavy, the nostrils were low and wide, and the lower lip hung loosely except in his moments of spasmodic earnestness, when it shut like a steel trap.
Erratic or unsustained.
Of or relating to the spasmodic poets, a group of British Victorian poets who wrote introspective drama in verse.
noun
A medicine for suppressing spasms.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — occurring in spells and often abruptly
adjective — affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6spasmodic asthma
Wiktionary[…] Dr. Francis Fuller, […] upon wearing a Quick-ſilver Girdle, for the Cure of the Itch, (and that after an inconſiderate and raſh manner) was brought under a violent Spaſmodick Diſtemper, which was
WiktionaryKennedy’s vocal rasp is not caused by an infection or respiratory condition. Instead, he has spasmodic dysphonia, a rare neurological condition in which the muscles that open and close his vocal cords
WiktionaryThe conversation had roamed in a desultory spasmodic fashion from golf clubs to the causes of the change in the obliquity of the ecliptic.
Tatoeba · #7043874“That,” said a very young man, making spasmodic efforts to relight his cigar over the lamp; “that . . . very clear indeed.”
Tatoeba · #8223614The ordinary croup of infants is spasmodic croup, and is very rarely dangerous, although the symptoms seem very alarming.
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