convulsive

  • (s) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
    • convulsive motions
    • his body made a spasmodic jerk
    • spastic movements
    spasmodic, spastic,
  • (s) resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent
    • a convulsive rage
    • convulsive laughter

Synonyms

spasmodic spastic

Words of close approximity

convulsion
convulsively