convulsing 1 of 2

noun

Definition of convulsingnext
as in tremor

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convulsing

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verb

present participle of convulse
as in shaking
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements convulsing with silent laughter as the inept pianist blithely played on

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convulsing
  1. tremor
  2. shaking
  3. agitation
  4. quake
  5. wobble
  6. jolt
  7. vibrating
  8. tremble
Noun
  • The tremors of this story were wide-reaching and went far beyond football.
    The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Early tremors of this seismic change are already registering around the world.
    Ruth Maclean, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of tremor
Verb
  • Symptoms like a fast heart rate, or shortness of breath, shaking and chills, confusion or lethargy.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Your ruler Mercury will also station retrograde in Sagittarius—your seventh house of partnerships—on November 9, revealing all the ways your desires for independence may be shaking things up with up your closest allies and enemies.
    Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of shaking
Noun
  • But relatively few people then or now recall how the Canal Zone had become a scene of anti-American agitation and unrest in the 1960s.
    Ron Elving, NPR, 28 Dec. 2024
  • These events shake space-time far more intensely than the sun’s internal agitation does — providing a deluge of gravitons as opposed to Dyson’s trickle.
    Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of agitation
Noun
  • The quake epicenter was 2 miles north-northwest of Cobb, a small community in the hills south of Clear Lake.
    Daniel Hunt, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The last one in Hamilton County was in 1986 when a 2.0-magnitude quake tremored Colerain Township.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of quake
Noun
  • There’s a lot to unpack about the short- and longer-term trends at play, but this wobble in the car market masks a good news story in the electrification of larger fleets of small vans.
    Forrester, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until there’s just a slight wobble in the center.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of wobble
Noun
  • According to Sam Amick and Tony Jones of The Athletic, Denver has been putting out feelers on the trade market to acquire a jolt of scoring punch.
    Evan Sidery, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Raising a young daughter, I’m pushed to see situations each day through her eyes, so parenting had already primed me for experiencing a jolt in perspective.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of jolt
Verb
  • Not literal strings, of course—but tiny loops or snippets of vibrating energy.
    Tom Siegfried, JSTOR Daily, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Because everything is moving, everything vibrating in one great dance that is the act of becoming.
    Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of vibrating
Noun
  • Valeria leaves guard duties to Ellen, a grandmother with a constant tremble in her hands from her MS.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Kaleena knew her fate before it was announced, teary-eyed and emotional as Kish, with a tremble in her voice, asked her and Alisha to pack their knives and go.
    Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2024
Definition of tremble
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