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paroxysmnoun a sudden intense expression of strong feelinga paroxysm of laughter greeted the pratfall agony, blaze, burst, ebullition, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, flare-up, flash, flush, gale, gush, gust, outburst, spasm, storm blowup, grouch, rage, tantrumecstasy, rapture, transportdelirium, firestorm, frenzy, furor a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)Darwin's introduction of the theory of evolution created paroxysms in both religion and science that are still being felt today bouleversement, cataclysm, convulsion, earthquake, storm, tempest, tumult, upheaval, uproar insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, overthrow, overturn, rebellion, revolt, revolution, subversion, unrest, uprising, upsetfit, seizure, spasmeruption, flare-up, outbreak, outburstbluster, bobbery, bustle, coil, commotion, furor, furore, fuss, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, pandemonium, rout, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, squall, stew, stir, to-do, turmoil, welter, williwawquaking, rocking, shaking, trembling in the 15th century |