convulsive

/kən'vʌlsiv/

Thân thiện

A patient experiences convulsive movements in the hospital bed.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Characterized by or causing sudden, violent, and uncontrollable movements or contractions: Describes something that resembles or involves convulsions, which are sudden, involuntary, and often violent muscular contractions.
   • Resembling a convulsion in being sudden, violent, and often brief: Describes an action, event, or emotion that is intense, abrupt, and overwhelming.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The patient experienced convulsive seizures.
  • She burst into convulsive laughter at the absurd situation.
  • His speech was interrupted by convulsive sobs.

Advanced Usage

• "Convulsive effort": A sudden, intense, and often desperate attempt to do something.
  • He made a convulsive effort to grab the railing before falling.
• "Convulsive disorder": A medical term for a condition involving recurrent seizures.
  • Epilepsy is a well-known convulsive disorder.

Variants and Related Words

• Convulse (verb): To shake violently or cause to have convulsions.
  • The earthquake convulsed the city.
  • He was convulsed with laughter.
• Convulsion (noun): A sudden, violent, irregular movement of the body caused by involuntary contraction of muscles; a fit. Also used figuratively for a violent social or political upheaval.
  • The child had a high fever that led to convulsions.
  • The country was in convulsion after the revolution.

Synonyms

• Spasmodic: Occurring or done in brief, irregular bursts.
• Jerky: Characterized by abrupt, sharp movements.
• Paroxysmal: Relating to a sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity.

Related Phrases

• Convulsive with emotion: Overwhelmed by a strong feeling (e.g., anger, laughter, grief) to the point of physical shaking.
  • He was convulsive with rage after hearing the news.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent
   • a convulsive rage
   • convulsive laughter
2. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
   • convulsive motions
   • his body made a spasmodic jerk
   • spastic movements

Từ đồng nghĩa

• spasmodic
• spastic