Convulsive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Marked by or having the nature of convulsions.
  • adj. Having or producing convulsions.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Marked by or having the nature of convulsions.
  • adj. Having or producing convulsions.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent
  • adj. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
  • Equivalent
    violent    unsteady   
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    Words with the same meaning
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    compulsive    impulsive    repulsive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    spasmodic    uncontrollable    frantic    involuntary    hysterical    piteous    jerky    upward    ecstatic    agonize