Convulsion

Word CONVULSION
Character 10
Hyphenation con vul sion
Pronunciations /kənˈvʌlʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Convulsion"

What do we mean by convulsion?

An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction. noun

An uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm. noun

Violent turmoil. noun

Same as laryngismus stridulus. noun

A violent and involuntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body, with alternate relaxation; a fit. noun

Any violent and irregular motion; turmoil; tumult; commotion. noun

Specifically, in geology, a sudden and violent disturbance and change of position of the strata; a geological event taking place rapidly and at one impulse, instead of slowly and by repeated efforts: nearly the same as catastrophe or cataclysm. Violent voluntary muscular effort. noun

An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body. noun

Any violent and irregular motion or agitation; a violent shaking; a tumult; a commotion. noun

An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction. noun

An uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm. noun

Violent turmoil. noun

A sudden uncontrollable attack noun

A violent disturbance noun

A physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval noun

Violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles noun

An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.

An uncontrolled fit, as of laughter; a paroxysm.

Violent turmoil.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Convulsion

The word "convulsion" in example sentences

The book has an epic scope — it is a picture of a planet in convulsion — without foregoing the detail of everyday life or a sense of the moment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the end, you make the -- we're going through a kind of short-term convulsion, and normal will be what normal was, maybe a titch (ph) different? ❋ Unknown (2001)

China, the most populous nation of the globe, was in convulsion, its regime still undecided. ❋ Unknown (1962)

_ -- Although there is no disease of the nervous system which can be properly termed convulsive, or justify the use of the word convulsion to indicate any particular disease, yet it is often such a prominent symptom that a few words may not be out of place. ❋ Charles B. Michener (1877)

The highest eulogy that can be pronounced on the intellectual character of a ruler, in times of great civil convulsion, is that it is his policy to have no policy, content with keeping his ship trim as he permits her to sweep downwards with the precipitous torrent. ❋ Unknown (1865)

Such a convulsion is the struggle of gradual suffocation, as in drowning; and, in the original Opium Confessions, I mentioned a case of that nature communicated to me by a lady from her own childish experience. ❋ Various (N/A)

The convulsion is a substitute for the criminal act. ❋ Unknown (1916)

Most frequently pain of body is the cause of convulsion, which is often however exchanged for madness; and a painful delirious idea is most frequently the cause of madness originally, but sometimes of convulsion. ❋ Erasmus Darwin (1766)

The man looked upon me for a moment, fixedly, then, bending his head towards his breast, he appeared to be undergoing a kind of convulsion, which was accompanied by a sound something resembling laughter; presently he looked at me, and there was a broad grin on his features. ❋ Unknown (2004)

a convulsion was the earthquake of the 8th January, which, although it had only affected the continent of North America, had sufficed to break the connecting-link, and to launch Victoria Island upon the wide ocean. ❋ Unknown (1874)

Hugh Sidey is wrong,10 there will be no "convulsion" in the FBI if Hoover is not replaced immediately. ❋ Liddy, G. Gordon (1980)

A kind of convulsion passed over John Lawson's thin face; but he pressed his hand closely on his breast, and was silent for some moments. ❋ Various (N/A)

As Sydney advanced towards him he was seized with a kind of convulsion, -- he had to lean against the side of the door to save himself from falling. ❋ Richard Marsh (N/A)

• If the convulsion is your child’s first, call your doctor. ❋ Mitchell J. Einzig (2010)

The Club is troubled to note that in the intolerable rabies and confusion of this business life men meet merely in a kind of convulsion or horrid passion of haste and perplexity. ❋ Christopher Morley (1923)

He collapsed silently upon the grass by the roadside, and rolled back and forth in a kind of convulsion, while Trooper staggered to the fence and hung limply over it like a wet sack. ❋ Mary Esther Miller MacGregor (1918)

The "conversion" or psychic convulsion which is sometimes regarded as an essential preliminary of any vivid awakening of the spiritual consciousness, is really a tribute exacted by our wrong educational methods. ❋ Evelyn Underhill (1908)

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