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Convulse

🔄 Synonyms of "Convulse"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
tossverb	To throw with an initial upward direction.
thrashverb	To beat mercilessly.
threshverb	(transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
slashnoun	A slashing action or motion:
thrash aboutverb	to move unpredictably and often violently, usually unaware
thresh aboutverb	move or stir about violently

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Convulse"

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Word	Definition
thrash aboutverb	to move unpredictably and often violently, usually unaware
thrashverb	To beat mercilessly.
tossverb	To throw with an initial upward direction.
slashverb	To cut or attempt to cut, particularly:
threshverb	(transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
thresh aboutverb	move or stir about violently
contortnoun	(intransitive) To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.
crampnoun	A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.
vellicateverb	(transitive) To touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements.
seize outverb	(informal, intransitive) To seize, convulse or twitch, especially when sudden.
spasmnoun	A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.
writhenoun	(knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot
squirmnoun	A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.
twitchnoun	A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
screw upverb	(transitive, colloquial) To make a mess of; to ruin.
trembleverb	(intransitive) To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
crispnoun	Senses relating to something brittle.
juddernoun	A spasmodic shaking.
wrigglenoun	A wriggling movement.
wringverb	(transitive) Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.