| convulse | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. convulse | make someone convulse with laughter.; "The comedian convulsed the crowd" |
| ~ convulse | be overcome with laughter. |
| ~ amuse | make (somebody) laugh.; "The clown amused the children" |
| v. (body) | 2. convulse | be overcome with laughter. |
| ~ express joy, express mirth, laugh | produce laughter. |
| v. (motion) | 3. convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss | move or stir about violently.; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" |
| ~ shake, agitate | move or cause to move back and forth.; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" |
| ~ whip | thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash.; "The tall grass whipped in the wind" |
| v. (motion) | 4. convulse | shake uncontrollably.; "earthquakes convulsed the countryside" |
| ~ shake, agitate | move or cause to move back and forth.; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" |
| v. (contact) | 5. convulse | cause to contract.; "The spasm convulses her facial muscles" |
| ~ constrict, compress, contract, compact, press, squeeze | squeeze or press together.; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" |
| ~ convulse | contract involuntarily, as in a spasm.; "The muscles in her face convulsed" |
| v. (contact) | 6. convulse | contract involuntarily, as in a spasm.; "The muscles in her face convulsed" |
| ~ constrict, compress, contract, compact, press, squeeze | squeeze or press together.; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" |
| ~ convulse | cause to contract.; "The spasm convulses her facial muscles" |
| rouse | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. bestir, rouse | become active.; "He finally bestirred himself" |
| ~ be active, move | be in a state of action.; "she is always moving" |
| v. (motion) | 2. drive out, force out, rouse, rout out | force or drive out.; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back | force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings.; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" |
| ~ hunt | chase away, with as with force.; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood" |
| ~ smoke out | drive out with smoke.; "smoke out the bees" |
| v. (emotion) | 3. agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" |
| ~ hype up, psych up | get excited or stimulated.; "The children were all psyched up after the movie" |
| ~ disturb, trouble, upset | move deeply.; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
| ~ bother | make nervous or agitated.; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" |
| ~ pother | make upset or troubled. |
| ~ electrify | excite suddenly and intensely.; "The news electrified us" |
| v. (body) | 4. arouse, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken | cause to become awake or conscious.; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." |
| ~ reawaken | awaken once again. |
| ~ bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around | return to consciousness.; "These pictures bring back sad memories" |
| ~ call | rouse somebody from sleep with a call.; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
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