| twitch(noun, verb, have, pain, nervous) | |
| jerk(noun, jolt, shudder, spasm, flutter) | |
| quiver(noun, nervous, repetition, shudder, tremor) | |
| shiver(noun, verb, pain, nervous, ache) | |
| shudder(noun, verb, nervous, repetition, jerk) | |
| spasm(noun, pain, ache, shudder, tremor) | |
| tremor(noun, nervous, repetition, shudder) | |
| quake(noun, nervous, repetition) | |
| quirk(peculiarity, foible) | |
| shake(noun, nervous, repetition, shudder, tremor) | |
| contraction(noun, spasm, jerking) | |
| jolt(noun, jerk, shudder) | |
| twinge(noun, pain, jerk, jolt, shudder) | |
| ache(noun, pain, physical pain, pang, stitch) | |
| convulsion(noun, shudder, tremor, twitch, jerking) | |
| facial spasm | |
| facial twitch | |
| fear | |
| involuntary muscular contraction(expression, idiom) | |
| jar |
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