Convulsive
Convulsive adjective - Marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity.
Usage example: after a day of convulsive trading, the stock market was down 300 points
Violent is a synonym for convulsive in excited topic. In some cases you can use "Violent" instead an adjective "Convulsive", when it comes to topics like volatile, spasmodic, jerky.
Violent
Violent adjective - Marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity.
Usage example: a violent fight that left several people badly hurt
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- passionate and convulsive
- passionate and violent
- impassioned and convulsive
- impassioned and violent
- agitated and convulsive
- agitated and violent
- forceful and convulsive
- forceful and violent
- rough and convulsive
- rough and violent
- turbulent and convulsive
- turbulent and violent
- wild and convulsive
- wild and violent
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