spasmodic

Senso (Inglese)

Adj

1. Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.
2. Convulsive; consisting of spasms.
3. Intermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts.
4. Erratic or unsustained.
5. Of or relating to the spasmodic poets, a group of British Victorian poets who wrote introspective drama in verse.

Noun

A medicine for suppressing spasms.

Concetti

spasmodico

convulsivo

intermittente

spastico

spasmodica

convulse

sinonimi

convulsive

fitful

spastic

intermittent

irregular

jerky

jumpy

nonuniform

occasional

patchy

periodic

puffy

shaky

snatchy

sporadic

suddenly

unsystematic

convulsant

jerky 1

agitated

spasmic

emotional

erratic

excited

fleeting

high-strung

Traduzioni

spasmodique

espasmódico

espasmòdic

espasmódico

spasmodisch

krampfhaft

convulsivo

spastisch

krampfartig

σπασμωδικός

sprunghaft

spastisch

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/spæzˈmɒd.ɪk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From New Latin spasmōdicus, from Ancient Greek σπασμώδης (spasmṓdēs, “spasmodic”), from σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm”).