Convulse
[kən'vʌls]
Definition
(verb.) be overcome with laughter.
(verb.) make someone convulse with laughter; 'The comedian convulsed the crowd'.
(verb.) contract involuntarily, as in a spasm; 'The muscles in her face convulsed'.
(verb.) cause to contract; 'The spasm convulses her facial muscles'.
(verb.) shake uncontrollably; 'earthquakes convulsed the countryside'.
(verb.) move or stir about violently; 'The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed'.
Typist: Tyler--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain.
(v. t.) To agitate greatly; to shake violently.
Edited by Carlos
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Throw into spasms.[2]. Agitate, shake, disturb.
Checked by Basil
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Agitate, shake, perturb, disturb
ANT:Soothe, collocate, compose, assuage
Editor: Moore
Definition
v.t. to agitate violently: to affect by spasms.—adj. Convul′sible subject to convulsion.—n. Convul′sion any involuntary contraction of the voluntary muscles of the body esp. such seizures in which the body is thrown into violent spasmodic contractions the sensibility and voluntary motion being for a time suspended: any violent disturbance.—adjs. Convul′sional Convul′sionary pertaining to convulsions.—n.pl. Convul′sionaries a fanatical sect of Jansenists who sprang up in France about 1730.—adj. Convuls′ive attended with convulsions: spasmodic.—adv. Convuls′ively.—n. Convuls′iveness.
Typist: Ruben
Examples
- It sent her into a strange, convulsed anger, to be thwarted. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Paler than marble, with white lips and convulsed features, Idris became aware of my situation. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He who sat near Raymond was telling a story, which convulsed the rest with laughter. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- At this facetious speech, the young boy, it is almost needless to say, was fairly convulsed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- As we dashed up to the door, my friend's face convulsed with grief, a gentleman in black emerged from it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In answer to our eager questions, one word alone fell, as it were involuntarily, from his convulsed lips: The Plague. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This is an age of the world when nations are trembling and convulsed. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Checker: Roland