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Spasmodic synonyms

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jerky
Characterized by physical jerking.
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  1. Characterized by physical jerking.
  2. Characterized or moving by jerks; making sudden starts and stops or spasmodic movements
  3. Characterized by jerks or jerking:
convulsive
Having or producing convulsions.
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  1. Having or producing convulsions.
  2. Having, producing, or marked by convulsions
  3. Marked by or having the nature of convulsions.
spastic
Of, characterized by, affected with, or produced by a spasm
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  1. Of, characterized by, affected with, or produced by a spasm
  2. Affected by spastic paralysis.
  3. Afflicted with or involving spastic paralysis
uncertain
Not known for certain; questionable.
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  1. Not known for certain; questionable.
  2. Subject to change; variable:
  3. Not determined; undecided:
sporadic
Occurring at irregular intervals or in isolated or scattered places; having no pattern or order:
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  1. Occurring at irregular intervals or in isolated or scattered places; having no pattern or order:
  2. Widely separated from others, scattered, or isolated in occurrence; appearing singly, apart, or in isolated instances
  3. (Medicine) Not epidemic, endemic, or inherited. Used of a disease or condition:
periodic
Characterized by periodic sentences.
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  1. Characterized by periodic sentences.
  2. Of, characterized by, or expressed in periodic sentences
  3. Having or marked by repeated cycles:
Find another word for spasmodic. In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for spasmodic, like: jerky, convulsive, spastic, uncertain, sporadic, periodic, shaky and irregular.

Sentence Examples

  • In the spasmodic form the symptoms were of a nervous character.

  • In cases of whooping-cough or any other condition in which there is spasmodic action of the muscular fibre in the bronchia definition which includes nearly every form of asthma and many cases of bronchitis - atropine is an almost invaluable drug.

  • with his combination of vicious selfindulgence and spasmodic cruelty was no unfit representative of his age.

  • The right-hand column, which had cut in behind the Italian 43rd Div., was making the task of the Austrian 50th comparatively easy, and brushing aside the spasmodic opposition of such small detachments as came in its way.

  • The extreme democratic and socialistic party made with French aid some spasmodic efforts to stir up a revolutionary movement, but they met with no popular sympathy; the throne of Leopold stood firmly based upon the trust and respect of the Belgian nation for the wisdom and moderation of their king.

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