Convulsion followed convulsion, till they closed in death, without her being able to utter a word explanatory of the fatal scene.
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Convulsion
//kənˈvʌlʃən//
Synonyms for "convulsion" (292 found)
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paroxysmabdominal epilepsyabscessaccessacquired epilepsyactivated epilepsyaffect epilepsyagueakinetic epilepsyamokanemiaankylosisanoxiaapneaapoplexyarrestasphyxiationasthmaataxiaatrophy
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attackautonomic epilepsybackachebelly laughblazebleedingblennorheablockadeblockagebloodless revolutionboffboffolabouleversementbreakdownbreakupburstburst of laughtercachexiacachexycachinnationcacklecardiac epilepsycat fitcataclysmcatastrophechillchillschortlechuckleclamorclean slateclean sweepclimaxclonic spasmclonuscoliccommotioncomputer revolutionconniption
Strong matches (87)
conniption fitconstipationcortical epilepsycoughingcounterrevolutioncrampcrowcursive epilepsycyanosiscyclonedebaclederangementdiarrheadiastrophismdisarrangementdisasterdiscomposuredislocationdisorderdisorganization
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disturbancediurnal epilepsydizzinessdownfalldropsyduck fitdysenterydyspepsiadyspneaearthquakeeclampsiaedemaemaciationepilepsiaepilepsia graviorepilepsia majorepilepsia minorepilepsia mitiorepilepsia nutansepilepsia tardaepilepsyepitasiseruptionexplosionfaintingfallfalling sicknessfatiguefermentfeverfibrillationfitfit of angerfit of laughterfit of temperflare upflare-upfluxfocal epilepsyfrenzyfurorfurygalegales of laughtergigglegrand malgripgrowthguffawgustha haha-hahaute malhearty laughhee-hawhee-heehemorrhagehigh blood pressurehilarityho hoho-hohomeric laughterhorselaughhurricanehydrops
Noun(2 words)
Related words (146)
hypertensionhypotensionhysterical epilepsyicterusictusindigestioninflammationinsanityinsomniairruptionitchingjacksonian epilepsyjaundicelabored breathinglarval epilepsylaryngeal epilepsylaryngospasmlatent epilepsylaughlaughing
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laughterlockjawlow blood pressurelumbagomarasmusmatutinal epilepsymenstrual epilepsymisarrangementmurderous insanitymusicogenic epilepsymyoclonous epilepsynasal dischargenauseanecrosisnocturnal epilepsyocclusionorgasmoutbreakoutburstoutburst of laughteroutcryoverthrowoverturnpainpalace revolutionparalysispassionpeal of laughterperturbationpetit malphysiologic epilepsyprostrationprurituspsychic epilepsypsychokinesiapsychomotor epilepsyquakequakingradical changeragerashreflex epilepsyrevoltrevolutionrevolutionary warrevulsionrheumrisibilityroar of laughterrockingrolandic epilepsyrotatoriasabotagesclerosisseizuresensory epilepsyserial epilepsysexual climaxshakingshockshoutshout of laughtershriekshuddershufflingskin eruptionsneezingsnickersniggersnortsorespasmstoppagestormstriking alterationstrokesubversionsweeping changetabestabula rasatachycardiatantrumtardy epilepsytechnological revolutiontee heetee-heetemblortemper tantrumtempesttetanustetanythroesthromboembolismthrombosistidal wavetittertonic epilepsytonic spasmtornadotorsion spasmtotal changetotteringtransiliencetraumatic epilepsytremblingtrismustsunamitumortumultucinate epilepsyupheavalupsetupset stomachupturnvertigoviolent changevisitationvomitingwastingwaxwhirlwindyuckyuk-yuk
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54 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- σπασμός noun (intense muscular contraction)
- σπασμός noun (uncontrolled fit)
Arabic
1 entries- اِخْتِلَاج noun (intense muscular contraction)
Asturian
1 entries- convulsión noun (intense muscular contraction)
Bulgarian
3 entries- гърчене noun (intense muscular contraction)
- конву́лсия noun (intense muscular contraction)
- при́стъп noun (uncontrolled fit)
Catalan
1 entries- convulsió noun (intense muscular contraction)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 痙攣 /痉挛 noun (intense muscular contraction)
Danish
2 entries- krampe noun (intense muscular contraction)
- krampetrækning noun (intense muscular contraction)
Dutch
1 entries- kramp noun (intense muscular contraction)
Esperanto
1 entries- konvulsio noun (intense muscular contraction)
Finnish
3 entries- kohtaus noun (uncontrolled fit)
- kouristus noun (intense muscular contraction)
- mullistus noun (violent turmoil)
French
1 entries- convulsion noun (intense muscular contraction)
Galician
2 entries- convulsión noun (intense muscular contraction)
- convulsión noun (violent turmoil)
Georgian
2 entries- კონვულსია noun (intense muscular contraction)
- კრუნჩხვა noun (intense muscular contraction)
German
2 entries- Konvulsion noun (intense muscular contraction)
- Krampf noun (intense muscular contraction)
Greek
4 entries- αναστάτωση noun (violent turmoil)
- αναταραχή noun (violent turmoil)
- κρίση noun (uncontrolled fit)
- σπασμός noun (intense muscular contraction)
Hungarian
3 entries- háborgás noun (violent turmoil)
- rengés noun (violent turmoil)
- rángatózás noun (intense muscular contraction)
Japanese
1 entries- 痙攣 noun (intense muscular contraction)
Māori
2 entries- hukihuki noun (intense muscular contraction)
- tīkoro noun (intense muscular contraction)
Navajo
2 entries- ashchʼąh noun (intense muscular contraction)
- iichʼąh noun (intense muscular contraction)
Persian
1 entries- تشنج noun (intense muscular contraction)
Portuguese
1 entries- convulsão noun (intense muscular contraction)
Romanian
1 entries- convulsie noun (intense muscular contraction)
Russian
2 entries- конву́льсия noun (intense muscular contraction)
- при́ступ noun (uncontrolled fit)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- gȑč noun (intense muscular contraction)
- гр̏ч noun (intense muscular contraction)
Spanish
1 entries- convulsión noun (intense muscular contraction)
Swedish
1 entries- konvulsion noun (intense muscular contraction)
Tagalog
3 entries- kumbulsiyon noun (intense muscular contraction)
- suba noun (intense muscular contraction)
- taol noun (intense muscular contraction)
Tamil
1 entries- வலிப்பு noun (intense muscular contraction)
Telugu
4 entries- పూనకం noun (hysteric in nature)
- ఫిట్లు noun (intense muscular contraction)
- ఫిట్లు noun (uncontrolled fit)
- ఫిట్లు noun (violent turmoil)
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1850-1859, Charles Dickens, Household Words That immortal creature had gone over the proofs with great pains — had of course taken out the stiflings — hard-plungings, lungeings, and other convulsions — and had also taken out her weakenings and damagings of her own effects.
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Earthquakes and convulsions of nature shake Earth on a regular basis.
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It would seem as if calm were necessary to convulsion; for the tranquillity of the last few months was again to be disturbed by political commotion.
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