Convulsive: Synonyms in English

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convulsive:
- convulsive; cramping; spasmodic; spastic
convulse:
- convulse; twitch; toss; slash; thresh; thrash; thresh about; jactitate; thrash about

English

Detailed Synonyms for convulsive in English

affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm¹
- convulsive motions¹
resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent¹
- a convulsive rage¹
- convulsive laughter¹

to convulse
to convulse; to twitch
- convulse verb (convulses, convulsed, convulsing)
- twitch verb (twitches, twitched, twitching)
to convulse

– be overcome with laughter ¹
to convulse
– be overcome with laughter ¹
- convulse verb (convulses, convulsed, convulsing)
to convulse

– make someone convulse with laughter ¹
to convulse
– make someone convulse with laughter ¹
- convulse verb (convulses, convulsed, convulsing)
  - The comedian convulsed the crowd¹
to convulse

– contract involuntarily, as in a spasm ¹
to convulse
– contract involuntarily, as in a spasm ¹
- convulse verb (convulses, convulsed, convulsing)
  - The muscles in her face convulsed¹
to convulse

– cause to contract ¹
to convulse
– cause to contract ¹
- convulse verb (convulses, convulsed, convulsing)
  - The spasm convulses her facial muscles¹
to convulse

– shake uncontrollably ¹
to convulse
– shake uncontrollably ¹
- convulse verb (convulses, convulsed, convulsing)
  - earthquakes convulsed the countryside¹
to convulse

– move or stir about violently ¹
to toss; to slash; to convulse; to thresh; thrash; thresh about; jactitate; thrash about
– move or stir about violently ¹
- toss verb (tosses, tossed, tossing)
- slash verb (slashs, slashed, slashing)
- convulse verb (convulses, convulsed, convulsing)
- thresh verb (threshes, threshed, threshing)
- thrash verb
  - The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed¹
- thresh about verb
- jactitate verb
- thrash about verb

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