paroxysm

Example:When the baby did that silly dance, it triggered a paroxysm of laughter in the room.

Definition:An intense, sudden burst of laughter.

Example:The child had a brief but intense epileptic paroxysm in the middle of the night.

Definition:A sudden, severe seizure, often in people with epilepsy.

Example:After the slap, his paroxysm of rage left everyone around him shocked and shaken.

Definition:A sudden, intense outburst of anger.

Example:The intense cold triggered a paroxysm of coughing in the elderly man.

Definition:A sudden and violent attack of coughing.

Example:Seeing the news of her son’s accident, she experienced a paroxysm of weeping.

Definition:A sudden and intense outburst of crying.