Synonyms for convulsion
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuh n-vuhl-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈvʌl ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for convulsion Other synonyms for the word convulsion
Définition of convulsion
Origin :- 1580s, from Latin convulsionem (nominative convulsio), noun of action from past participle stem of convellere "to tear loose," from com- "together" (see com-) + vellere "to pluck, pull violently."
- noun muscle spasm
- noun disturbance
- The forest fairly rocked under the convulsion of the elements.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- The schooner shook with such a convulsion that I was persuaded she had been split.
- Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell
- There are recent marks of convulsion having happened in the island.
- Extract from : « Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora » by Edward Edwards
- That which will produce but a headache in an adult will often produce a convulsion in the child.
- Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
- For hours the child passed from one convulsion into another.
- Extract from : « The Secret of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
- But in the morning he had his first convulsion, and it left him a wreck.
- Extract from : « The Grain Ship » by Morgan Robertson
- I had a vague belief that he was suffering from a fit or some form of convulsion.
- Extract from : « The Damned Thing » by Ambrose Bierce
- But, before this could be done, the second convulsion took place.
- Extract from : « The Island Queen » by R.M. Ballantyne
- At this moment, all convulsion, all struggle, has ceased; the frame is at rest.
- Extract from : « A Strange Story, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- It fell with one convulsion on the ground, and gave up the ghost.
- Extract from : « Pelham, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Antonyms for convulsion
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