'Convulsive' definitions:
Definition of 'convulsive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements" [syn: convulsive, spasmodic, spastic]
adjective
Resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent; "a convulsive rage"; "convulsive laughter"
Definition of 'Convulsive'
From: GCIDE
- Convulsive \Con*vul"sive\, a. [Cf. F. convulsif.] Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary. [1913 Webster]
- An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to throw off an irregular, convulsive disease. --Burke. [1913 Webster]