convulsive.

Marked by abrupt, spasmodic contractions or movements.

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• convulsive movement

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A convulsive movement shook the hand.

His breathing ended in a convulsive shudder.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a morphological or medical classification. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.