💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Convulses"
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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 |
| writhesverb | (intransitive) To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted. |
| tremblesverb | Synonym of milk sickness. |
| vomitsverb | (intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke. |
| eruptsverb | (intransitive) To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser). |
| cowersverb | (intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear. |
| shakesverb | (colloquial) A fit of trembling or shivering. |
| wakensverb | (intransitive) To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir. |
| wracksverb | (transitive, usually passive voice) To wreck, especially a ship. |
| descendsverb | Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position. |
| laceratesverb | (transitive) To tear, rip or wound. |
| faintsverb | Alternative form of feints (“product of distillation”) [(alcohol production) The strong spirit produced at the beginning of distillation (strong feints, also foreshot), and the weak spirit produced at the end (weak feints, also tailings or tail).] |
| contortsverb | (arguably) a portmanteau, or a combination of "contracts" and "torts" originated by Grant Gilmore in his book The Death of Contract. |
| whirlsverb | (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly. |
| tottersverb | To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall. |
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