Associations to the word «Convulsive»

Wiktionary

CONVULSIVE, adjective. Marked by or having the nature of convulsions.
CONVULSIVE, adjective. Having or producing convulsions.

Dictionary definition

CONVULSIVE, adjective. Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements".
CONVULSIVE, adjective. Resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent; "a convulsive rage"; "convulsive laughter".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats