Convulse — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

make someone convulse with laughter

be overcome with laughter

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹɪptˈænɐlˌaɪzɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/kənvˈʌls/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kənvˈʌls/

2 syllables Say it as /kɹɪptˈænɐlˌaɪzɪŋ/.

Examples

The comedian convulsed the crowd
The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
earthquakes convulsed the countryside

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

thresh thresh about slash jactitate thrash about toss thrash

Parts of Speech

verb	make someone convulse with laughter “The comedian convulsed the crowd”
verb	be overcome with laughter
verb	move or stir about violently “The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed”
verb	shake uncontrollably “earthquakes convulsed the countryside”
verb	cause to contract “The spasm convulses her facial muscles”
verb	contract involuntarily, as in a spasm “The muscles in her face convulsed”

Word Forms

convulsive	adjective	resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent
convulsion	noun	violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles
thrash	noun	a swimming kick used while treading water
toss	noun	an abrupt movement
jactitation	noun	(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

erschüttern

jemanden vor Lachen erschüttern lassen

🇫🇷French

convulser

faire convulser quelqu'un de rire

🇪🇸Spanish

convulsionar

hacer que alguien convulsione de risa

🇮🇹Italian

convulso

far ridere qualcuno dalle convulsioni

🇳🇱Dutch

stuiptrekken

iemand doen stuiptrekken van het lachen

🇵🇹Portuguese

convulsionar

fazer alguém ter convulsões de tanto rir

🇷🇺Russian

конвульсии

заставить кого-то биться в конвульсиях от смеха

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ऐंठना

किसी को हँसी से लोटपोट कर देना

🇧🇩Bengali

খিঁচুনি

হাসতে হাসতে কাউকে কষ্ট দেওয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

வலிப்பு

ஒருவரை சிரிக்க வைக்கும்

🇮🇳Telugu

మూర్ఛ

నవ్వుతో ఎవరైనా మూర్ఛపోయేలా చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

आक्षेप

एखाद्याला हसून त्रास द्या

🇮🇳Gujarati

આંચકી

કોઈને હાસ્યથી કંટાળી દો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸೆಳೆತ

ನಗುವಿನಿಂದ ಯಾರನ್ನಾದರೂ ಕಲಕುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഞരക്കം

ചിരിച്ച് ആരെയെങ്കിലും ഞെട്ടിപ്പിക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੜਵੱਲ

ਹਾਸੇ ਨਾਲ ਕਿਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਪਰੇਸ਼ਾਨ ਕਰੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

آکشیپ

کسی کو ہنسی سے کنفیوز کرو

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

抽搐

使某人笑得抽搐

🇯🇵Japanese

けいれんする

（人）を笑いながらけいれんさせる

🇰🇷Korean

경련을 일으키다

누군가를 웃게 만들어 경련을 일으키게 하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

co giật

làm ai đó cười lăn lộn

🇹🇭Thai

ชัก

ทำให้บางคนชักกระตุกด้วยเสียงหัวเราะ

🇮🇩Indonesian

mengejang

membuat seseorang tertawa terbahak-bahak

🇵🇭Filipino

kombulsyon

magpakombulsyon sa kakatawa

🇲🇾Malay

kejang

membuat seseorang tergelak ketawa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تشنج

جعل شخص ما يتشنج من الضحك

🇮🇷Persian

تشنج کردن

کسی را از خنده دچار تشنج کنید

🇹🇷Turkish

sarsılmak

birini gülmekten kıvrandırmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְזַעזֵעַ

לגרום למישהו להתעוות מצחוק

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