spasmodic

  • (s) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
    • convulsive motions
    • his body made a spasmodic jerk
    • spastic movements
    convulsive, spastic,
  • (s) occurring in spells and often abruptly
    • fitful bursts of energy
    • spasmodic rifle fire
    fitful,

Synonyms

convulsive spastic fitful

Words of close approximity

spasmodically spasmodic laryngitis