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What is the adjective for spasms?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb spasm which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

spasmodic
  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. Synonyms:
      6. irregular, intermittent, sporadic, erratic, fitful, unsteady, occasional, episodic, aperiodic, spotty, episodical, discontinuous, periodic, choppy, uneven, casual, patchy, odd, infrequent, periodical, recurring, scattered, uncertain, catchy, recurrent, isolated, changeable, desultory, convulsive, jerky, shaky, twitching, on and off, in fits and starts, on-again-off-again, in bits and pieces, random, inconsistent, disconnected, broken, inconstant, interrupted, fluctuating, variable, on-and-off, cyclical, shifting, seasonal, unstable, fragmentary … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “She gives a last little spasmodic lunge and then pulls away and takes a deep breath.”
      “Katie's spasmodic enthusiasm was contagious as she bounded through the park, her excess of energy infecting everyone she encountered.”
      “A tic commonly affecting adults is a spasmodic closure of one or both eyes, known as blepharospasm.”
spasmatic
  1. Having, or having to do with, a spasm or spasms
  2. Synonyms:
      3. convulsive, jerky, spasmodic, twitchy
  3. Examples:
      4. “After the injury, her leg became spasmatic, causing uncontrollable muscle contractions.”
spasmogenic
  1. Tending to induce spasms.
spasmodical
  1. Alternative form of spasmodic
spasmoid
  1. (medicine) Resembling a spasm
spasmatical
  1. (obsolete, rare) spasmodic
spasmed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of spasm
  2. Synonyms:
      3. flickered, fluttered, quivered, flapped, twitched, trembled, vibrated, wobbled, jerked, shivered, shuddered, wavered, beat, writhed, squirmed, wiggled, wriggled, jiggled, twisted, thrashed, threshed, fidgetted, fidgeted, tost, tossed, jigged, squiggled, fiddled, convulsed, palpitated, jumped, quavered, lurched, twinged, contracted, ticced, vellicated, snapt, lugged, snapped, moved spasmodically, kicked, twerked, moved convulsively, writhen, wrothe, beaten, wagged, waggled, waved … more
spasming
  1. present participle of spasm
  2. Synonyms:
      3. flickering, fluttering, quivering, flapping, twitching, trembling, vibrating, wobbling, jerking, shivering, shuddering, wavering, writhing, squirming, wiggling, wriggling, jiggling, twisting, thrashing, threshing, fidgeting, fidgetting, tossing, jigging, squiggling, fiddling, convulsing, palpitating, beating, jumping, quavering, lurching, snapping, vellicating, ticcing, moving spasmodically, kicking, moving convulsively, twerking, twingeing, lugging, twinging, contracting, shaking, wagging, waggling, waving, joggling, jolting, swishing … more
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