Meaning of spasmodic in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A medicine for suppressing spasms.

adjective

• Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.

• Convulsive; consisting of spasms.

  Example: spasmodic asthma

• Intermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts.

  Example: spasmodic zeal or industry

• Erratic or unsustained.

• Of or relating to the spasmodic poets, a group of British Victorian poets who wrote introspective drama in verse.