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A violent, excruciating seizure of pain:
cramp1, paroxysm, shoot, spasm. See painA sensation of physical discomfort occurring as the result of disease or injury:
ache, pain, pang, prick, prickle, smart, soreness, stab, sting, stitch, twinge. (Informal) misery. See painA condition of anguished struggle and disorder.
Used in plural: convulsion, paroxysm. See calm
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