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convulsion
noun
1 convulsion
A sudden uncontrollable attack:
— Convulsions of laughter.
synonyms: fit, paroxysm.
Roget 378:
pain;
suffering,
sufferance,
suffrance†;
bodily pain,
physical pain,
bodily suffering,
physical suffering,
body pain;
mental suffering
etc.
828;
dolour,
ache;
aching
etc.
v.;
smart;
shoot,
shooting;
twinge,
twitch,
gripe,
headache,
stomach ache,
heartburn,
angina,
angina pectoris [Lat.];
hurt,
cut;
sore,
soreness;
discomfort,
malaise;
cephalalgia [Med.],
earache,
gout,
ischiagra†,
lumbago,
neuralgia,
odontalgia†,
otalgia†,
podagra†,
rheumatism,
sciatica;
tic douloureux [Fr.],
toothache,
tormina†,
torticollis†.
spasm,
cramp;
nightmare,
ephialtes†;
crick,
stitch;
thrill,
convulsion,
throe;
throb
etc.
(agitation)
315;
pang;
colic;
kink.
sharp pain,
piercing pain,
throbbing pain,
shooting pain,
sting,
gnawing pain,
burning pain;
excruciating pain.
anguish,
agony;
torment,
torture;
rack;
cruciation†,
crucifixion;
martyrdom,
toad under a harrow,
vivisection.
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Roget 146:
revolution,
bouleversement,
subversion,
break up;
destruction
etc.
162;
sudden change,
radical change,
sweeping organic change;
change of state,
phase change;
quantum leap,
quantum jump;
clean sweep,
coup d'etat [Fr.],
counter revolution.
jump,
leap,
plunge,
jerk,
start,
transilience†;
explosion;
spasm,
convulsion,
throe,
revulsion;
storm,
earthquake,
cataclysm.
legerdemain
etc.
(trick)
545.
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Roget 173:
violence,
inclemency,
vehemence,
might,
impetuosity;
boisterousness
etc.
adj.;
effervescence,
ebullition;
turbulence,
bluster;
uproar,
callithump [U.S.],
riot,
row,
rumpus,
le diable a quatre [Fr.],
devil to pay,
all the fat in the fire.
severity
etc.
739;
ferocity,
rage,
fury;
exacerbation,
exasperation,
malignity;
fit,
paroxysm;
orgasm,
climax,
aphrodisia†;
force,
brute force;
outrage;
coup de main;
strain,
shock,
shog†;
spasm,
convulsion,
throe;
hysterics,
passion
etc.
(state of excitability)
825.
outbreak,
outburst;
debacle;
burst,
bounce,
dissilience†,
discharge,
volley,
explosion,
blow up,
blast,
detonation,
rush,
eruption,
displosion†,
torrent.
turmoil
etc.
(disorder)
59;
ferment
etc.
(agitation)
315;
storm,
tempest,
rough weather;
squall
etc.
(wind)
349;
earthquake,
volcano,
thunderstorm.
berserk,
berserker;
fury,
dragon,
demon,
tiger,
beldame,
Tisiphone†,
Megaera,
Alecto†,
madcap,
wild beast;
fire eater
etc.
(blusterer)
887.
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Dutch: hevige aanval, paroxisme
Polish: napad, paroksyzm, atak
2 convulsion
Violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles.
Polish: drgawka, konwulsja
3 convulsion
A violent disturbance:
— The convulsions of the stock market.
synonyms: turmoil, upheaval.
Roget 59:
disorder;
derangement
etc.
61;
irregularity;
anomaly
etc.
(unconformity)
83;
anarchy,
anarchism;
want of method;
untidiness
etc.
adj.;
disunion;
discord
etc.
24.
confusion;
confusedness
etc.
adj.;
mishmash,
mix;
disarray,
jumble,
huddle,
litter,
lumber;
cahotage†;
farrago;
mess,
mash,
muddle,
muss [U.S.],
hash,
hodgepodge;
hotch-potch†,
hotch-pot†;
imbroglio,
chaos,
omnium gatherum [Lat.],
medley;
mere mixture
etc.
41;
fortuitous concourse of atoms,
disjecta membra [Lat.],
rudis indigestaque moles [Lat.]
[Ovid].
complexity
etc.
59.1.
turmoil;
ferment
etc.
(agitation)
315;
to-do,
trouble,
pudder†,
pother,
row,
rumble,
disturbance,
hubbub,
convulsion,
tumult,
uproar,
revolution,
riot,
rumpus,
stour†,
scramble,
brawl,
fracas,
rhubarb,
fight,
free-for-all,
row,
ruction,
rumpus,
embroilment,
melee,
spill and pelt,
rough and tumble;
whirlwind
etc.
349;
bear garden,
Babel,
Saturnalia,
donnybrook,
Donnybrook Fair,
confusion worse confounded,
most admired disorder,
concordia discors [Lat.];
Bedlam,
all hell broke loose;
bull in a china shop;
all the fat in the fire,
diable a' quatre [Fr.],
Devil to pay;
pretty kettle of fish;
pretty piece of work [Fr.],
pretty piece of business [Fr.].
[legal terms]
disorderly person;
disorderly persons offence;
misdemeanor.
[moral disorder]
slattern,
slut
(libertine)
962.
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Roget 315:
agitation,
stir,
tremor,
shake,
ripple,
jog,
jolt,
jar,
jerk,
shock,
succussion†,
trepidation,
quiver,
quaver,
dance;
jactitation†,
quassation†;
shuffling
etc.
v.;
twitter,
flicker,
flutter.
turbulence,
perturbation;
commotion,
turmoil,
disquiet;
tumult,
tumultuation†;
hubbub,
rout,
bustle,
fuss,
racket,
subsultus†,
staggers,
megrims,
epilepsy,
fits;
carphology†,
chorea,
floccillation†,
the jerks,
St. Vitus's dance,
tilmus†.
spasm,
throe,
throb,
palpitation,
convulsion.
disturbance,
chaos
etc.
(disorder)
59;
restlessness
etc.
(changeableness)
149.
ferment,
fermentation;
ebullition,
effervescence,
hurly-burly,
cahotage†;
tempest,
storm,
ground swell,
heavy sea,
whirlpool,
vortex
etc.
312;
whirlwind
etc.
(wind)
349.
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4 convulsion
A physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval.
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