Paroxysm
"And while I smothered the paroxysm with all haste, he sat calm and patient, leaning on his desk and looking like a physician watching with the eye of science an expected and fully-understood crisis in a patient's malady" (407).
An emotional reaction to a shocking or startling stimulus or stimuli
As I received my Calculus test back from Mr. McCartney, I could not hide my paroxysm concerning my grade.
"And while I smothered the paroxysm with all haste, he sat calm and patient, leaning on his desk and looking like a physician watching with the eye of science an expected and fully-understood crisis in a patient's malady" (407).
An emotional reaction to a shocking or startling stimulus or stimuli
As I received my Calculus test back from Mr. McCartney, I could not hide my paroxysm concerning my grade.