Antonyms for cramp


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kramp
Phonetic Transcription : kræmp


Definition of cramp

Origin :
  • "muscle contraction," late 14c., from Old French crampe, from a Frankish or other Germanic word (cf. Old High German krapmhe "cramp, spasm," related to kramph "bent, crooked"), from a Proto-Germanic root forming many words for "bent, crooked," including, via French, crampon. Writer's cramp is first attested 1842 as the name of a physical affliction of the hand, in reference to translations of German medical papers (Stromeyer); also known as scrivener's palsy.
  • noun muscle spasm
  • verb hinder, restrain
Example sentences :
  • She felt a cramp around her root That crippled every outmost shoot.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • I didn't care for music, piano playing gave me a cramp in my arms.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • If the cramp attack the stomach or bowels, it is attended with considerable danger: medicine may relieve but cannot cure.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • They always do, unless they are seized with the cramp and it holds them.
  • Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
  • No human tongue can describe what I suffered with the cramp.
  • Extract from : « Treatise on the Diseases of Women » by Lydia E. Pinkham
  • They give me the cramp in my thumb, and kinks in my fingers.
  • Extract from : « The Two Mittens and the Little Play Mittens » by Frances Elizabeth Barrow
  • And, without running any risk of writer's cramp, she might have signed it.
  • Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
  • A crooked leg gives a fellow a cramp in the knee, after a while.
  • Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • Others get cramp, fever, and pains before they begin to recover.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
  • I have done it into cramp English, line for line, and rhyme for rhyme, to try the possibility.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4 » by Lord Byron

Synonyms for cramp

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