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convulse
[ kuhn-vuhls ]
verb (used with object)
- to shake violently; agitate.
- to cause to shake violently with laughter, anger, pain, etc.
- to cause to suffer violent, spasmodic contractions of the muscles.
convulse
/ kənˈvʌls /
verb
- tr to shake or agitate violently
- tr to cause (muscles) to undergo violent spasms or contractions
- informal.introften foll bywith to shake or be overcome (with violent emotion, esp laughter)
- tr to disrupt the normal running of (a country, etc)
student riots have convulsed India
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Derived Forms
- conˈvulsively, adverb
- conˈvulsiveness, noun
- conˈvulsive, adjective
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Other Words From
- con·vulsed·ly adverb
- con·vulsi·ble adjective
- con·vulsi·bili·ty noun
- uncon·vulsed adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of convulse1
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Example Sentences
Lockett began to convulse violently, his head and chest rising up off the gurney multiple times as he called out, “Oh, man.”
A year later, it happened again, causing the emergency medical system to convulse into action once more.
"You positively convulse me, you're so very humorous," said Robinson, without a vestige of a smile.
When anger, avarice, and concupiscence convulse the peace of thy soul, look up to this star and call on Mary.
In a moment he could melt a popular audience to tears or convulse it with laughter.
At that moment he felt an electric thrill convulse her frame, followed by a complete stillness.
She would be thought asleep were it not for the tremors that periodically convulse her frame.
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