English-Thai Dictionary

convulse

VI สั่น อย่างแรง (แบบ ควบคุม ไม่ได้  agitate shake san-yang-raeng

 

convulse

VT ทำให้ ยุ่งเหยิง  ทำให้ วุ่นวาย  disrupt tam-hai-yung-yeng

 

convulse

VT ทำให้ สั่น อย่างแรง  agitate shake tam-hai-san-yang-raeng

 

convulse with

PHRV ทำให้ สั่น หรือ กระตุก  tam-hai-san-rue-kra-tuk

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONVULSE

v.t.[L., to pull or pluck. ] 1. To draw or contract, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to affect by regular spasms; as, the whole frame may be convulsed in agony.
2. To shake; to affect by violent irregular action.
Convulsing heaven and earth.

 

CONVULSED

pp. Contracted by spasms; shaken violently.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONVULSE

Con *vulse ", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convulsed; p.pr. & vb. n. Convulsing. ]Etym: [L. convulsus, p.p. of convellere to tear up, to shake; con- + vellere to pluck, pull. ]

 

1. To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain. With emotions which checked his voice and convulsed his powerful frame. Macaulay.

 

2. To agitate greatly; to shake violently. The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Macaulay.

 

Syn. -- To agitate; disturb; shake; tear; rend.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

convulse

con vulse |kənˈvəls kənˈvʌls | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] (of a person ) suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortion of the body or limbs: she convulsed, collapsing to the floor with the pain. • [ with obj. ] (of an emotion, laughter, or physical stimulus ) cause (someone ) to make sudden, violent, uncontrollable movements: Carlos was convulsed by a second bout of sneezing | she rocked backward and forward, convulsed with helpless mirth. 2 [ with obj. ] throw (a country ) into violent social or political upheaval: a wave of mass strikes convulsed the Ruhr, Berlin, and central Germany. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin convuls- ‘pulled violently, wrenched, ’ from the verb convellere, from con- ‘together ’ + vellere ‘to pull. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

convulse

convulse |kənˈvʌls | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortion of the body or limbs: she convulsed, collapsing to the floor with the pain. • [ with obj. ] (of an emotion, laughter, or physical stimulus ) cause (someone ) to make sudden, violent, uncontrollable movements: she rocked backwards and forwards, convulsed with helpless mirth. 2 [ with obj. ] throw (a country ) into violent social or political upheaval: a wave of mass strikes convulsed the Ruhr, Berlin, and central Germany. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin convuls- ‘pulled violently, wrenched ’, from the verb convellere, from con- ‘together ’ + vellere ‘to pull ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

convulse

convulse verb his whole body convulsed: shake uncontrollably, go into spasms, shudder, jerk, thrash about.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

convulse

convulse verb his whole body convulsed: shake uncontrollably /violently, go into spasms, shudder, jerk, thrash about; suffer a fit. PHRASES be convulsed with laughter laugh uproariously, roar with laughter, hold one's sides, be doubled up with laughter; informal split one's sides, be rolling in the aisles, be in stitches, die laughing, laugh like a drain, bust a gut, break up; Brit. informal be creased up, fall about laughing.

 

French Dictionary

convulser

convulser v. tr. , pronom. verbe transitif Contracter, tordre par des convulsions. : La terreur convulsa ses traits. Être agité ou contracté par des convulsions. : Ses traits se sont convulsés. Elles se sont convulsées de rire. Note Grammaticale À la forme pronominale, le participe passé de ce verbe s ’accorde toujours en genre et en nombre avec son sujet. Ses muscles se sont convulsés. aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

convulse

con vulse /kənvʌ́ls /動詞 自動詞 〈人 体の一部が 〉激しく揺れる, 身もだえする ; (病気 けがで )ひきつけをおこす, けいれんする .他動詞 〖通例 be ～d 〗【笑い 怒りなどで 】身を震わせる, 身もだえする «with » .