Convulsed is the past tense of convulse. Convulse means to suffer from muscle contractions that cause your body to shudder, like in a seizure.
As he touched the electric wire, sparks flew and his entire body spasmed and convulsed. Now headless, the body of the snake writhed and convulsed in the grass.
Violently agitated
He discovered that frogs legs convulsed when touched by metal that was charged by electricity.
"Convulsed by factions" refers to a situation where a group or society is experiencing intense conflict or turmoil due to the presence of competing factions or groups with differing interests or ideologies. This phrase suggests a state of upheaval, where disagreements and power struggles lead to instability and chaos. The term "convulsed" implies that the situation is not only troubled but also marked by sudden and violent changes, reflecting the seriousness of the divisions among the factions.
He discovered that frogs legs convulsed when touched by metal that was charged by electricity.
con·vulseverb \kən-ˈvəls\ con·vulsedcon·vuls·ingDefinition of CONVULSEtransitive verb : to shake or agitate violently; especially: to shake with or as if with irregular spasms intransitive verb: to become affected with convulsionsExamples of CONVULSEThe patient reacted to the medication and began convulsing.The country was convulsed by war.
Convulse is a verb. Other verb forms of convulse include convulsed, convulsing and convulses. The noun form of convulse is convulsiveness or convulsion.
Watercress is from the Cruciferae or mustard family . Its natural habitat is Europe and Asia Minor where it grows by spring , flat banks, wet meadows and ditches. Watercress, a perennial, grows wild in America and starts to sprout in the spring. The plant is bright green in color and leaves grow from nodules along the main stem. They are roundish oval in shape and the white flowers bloom in early summer and grow on tips of stems in loose clusters. The name nasturtium is derived from the Latin words nasus tortus which means convulsed nose, referring to the smell.
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern ---VU---D. That is, nine letter words with 4th letter V and 5th letter U and 9th letter D. In alphabetical order, they are: convulsed
Some synonyms are: Exacerbated, antagonized, convulsed, cross, enraged, exacerbated, exasperated, ferocious, fierce, fiery, fuming, furious, galled, hateful, heated, hot, impassioned, incensed, indignant, inflamed, infuriated, irascible, irate, ireful, maddened, outraged, piqued, provoked, raging, riled, sore, splenetic, storming, turbulent, vexed, wrathful.
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern ---VU--E-. That is, nine letter words with 4th letter V and 5th letter U and 8th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are: convulsed convulses
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern -----LS-D. That is, nine letter words with 6th letter L and 7th letter S and 9th letter D. In alphabetical order, they are: compulsed convulsed