spasmodic
Dictionary
noun
- A medicine for suppressing spasms.
Synonyms:antispasmodic
adjective
- Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.
- Convulsive; consisting of spasms.
"spasmodic asthma"
- Intermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts.
"spasmodic zeal or industry"
- Erratic or unsustained.
- Of or relating to the spasmodic poets, a group of British Victorian poets who wrote introspective drama in verse.
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