paroxysm

Noun

Meaning

The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions.

Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fit convulsion gale fury attack access storm explosion outbreak fever burst anger passion earthquake spell
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Antonyms

order love cyclone serenity peace answer
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Hypernyms

attack

Related terms

oxymoron

Examples

Seduction is the world's elementary dynamic... All this has changed significantly for us, at least in appearance. For what has happened to good and evil? Seduction hurls them against one another, and unites them beyond meaning, in a paroxysm [sudden outbreak of emotion] of intensity and charm. Jean Baudrillard

a paroxysm of giggling Source: Internet

a fit of coughing Source: Internet

convulsions of laughter Source: Internet

The episode has been traditionally interpreted as a paroxysm of anti-barbarian reaction that served to stabilize the East. Source: Internet

The news of the massacre aroused the whole country to a paroxysm of horror and fury.".. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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