Synonyms for convulse

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kuh n-vuhls

Phonetic Transcription : kənˈvʌls

Définition of convulse

Origin : 1640s, transitive; 1680s, intransitive; from Latin convulsus, past participle of convellere (transitive only) "to pull away, to pull this way and that, wrench," hence "to weaken, overthrow, destroy" (see convulsion). Related: Convulsed (1630s); convulsing.

verb disturb

Example sentences :

So is an change for the better, like birth and death which convulse the body.
Extract from : « Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience » by Henry David Thoreau

He was choking back the sobs that seemed of a sudden to convulse his frame.
Extract from : « The Hero of Garside School » by J. Harwood Panting

The movement that was to convulse the church had not yet begun.
Extract from : « The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by John Morley

They were just at the age when it takes so little to convulse girls.
Extract from : « Interrupted » by Pansy

So is all change for the better, like birth and death, which convulse the body.
Extract from : « On the Duty of Civil Disobedience » by Henry David Thoreau

Instead of that, I believe he will convulse them with laughter.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's New Comedian » by Burt L. Standish

All I claim for Falstaff is that he would be able to convulse us if he were alive and accessible.
Extract from : « And Even Now » by Max Beerbohm

How are we preparing for this struggle, which may yet convulse the world?
Extract from : « The Young Priest's Keepsake » by Michael Phelan

It shadows forth one of the greatest desires which convulse our age.
Extract from : « Woman in the Nineteenth Century » by Margaret Fuller Ossoli

She did not start, but raised her head and looked at him, and a shudder seemed to convulse her whole frame.
Extract from : « Wild Margaret » by Geraldine Fleming

Antonyms for convulse

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