paroxysm

paroxysm is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 23 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions.
2. noun. Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.
3. noun. a sudden uncontrollable attack

   "a paroxysm of giggling"

   "a fit of coughing"

   Synonyms: convulsion, fit

Synonyms

convulsion, fit

Common word forms

paroxysms, paroxysmal

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