convulsing
Spasming without control
Convulsing is undergoing violent, involuntary muscular contractions—the body seizing and shaking uncontrollably: The patient was convulsing on the floor.
Extended uses describe any violent shaking or upheaval: The building was convulsing from the explosion, a nation convulsing with political unrest.
To be convulsed with laughter is to shake uncontrollably from it.
Convulsive trembling motion
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
- shakingRapid involuntary movement
- quiveringShaking slightly and rapidly
- spasmingContracting involuntarily, repeatedly
jerking · twitching · thrashing · writhing · flailing · seizing · jolting · juddering
Forcible taking or convulsion
- epilepsyBrain disorder causing seizures
- fitProper or healthy
- spasmInvoluntary muscle contraction
- tremorsSlight shaking movements
paroxysm · clonic · tonic · myoclonic · grand mal · petit mal · aura · febrile
Convulsive crying aloud
- weepingShedding tears audibly
- laughingMaking sounds of amusement
- cryingEmotional tear release
- hystericalEmotionally out of control
wailing · gasping · heaving · shaking · breaking down · overcome · losing control · grief-stricken
shuddering
Convulsive trembling motion
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
- shakingRapid involuntary movement
- quiveringShaking slightly and rapidly
spasming · jerking · twitching · thrashing · writhing · flailing · seizing · jolting · juddering · vibrating
seizure
Forcible taking or convulsion
tremors · paroxysm · clonic · tonic · myoclonic · grand mal · petit mal · aura · febrile · electroencephalogram
sobbing
Convulsive crying aloud
hysterical · wailing · gasping · heaving · shaking · breaking down · overcome · losing control · grief-stricken · hysterics
turmoil
Violent disturbance or confusion
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- unrestState of public disturbance
destabilized · roiling · erupting · tumultuous · volatile · rocked · shaken · turbulent · disrupted · fractured
convulsingstill
Unmoving, or continuing
motionless · stationary · immobile · frozen · unmoving