Convulsive

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  • adjective. Marked by or having the nature of convulsions.
  • adjective. Having or producing convulsions.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Producing or attended by convulsion; tending to convulse: as, “convulsive rage,”
  • Of the nature of or characterized by convulsions or spasms.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Marked by or having the nature of convulsions.
  • adjective. Having or producing convulsions.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent
  • adjective. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
    • Word Usage
    "He was suffering from a bad cold, which doubled him up in convulsive coughing spells and made his eyes heavy and bloodshot."
    Equivalent
    unsteady  violent  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    compulsive  impulsive  repulsive  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abrupt  agonize  ecstatic  frantic  hysterical  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    convulsionary  spasmodic  
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