convulse russian

• ко́рчить

  to make a face, to make faces, to grimace

  to pretend to be, to pose as, to play (the fool)

  to convulse, to double up (with pain), to contort

• корёжить

  to warp, to bend, to twist, to buckle

  to writhe, to convulse, to be racked

  to upset, to hurt, to disturb, to get to (someone)

• дави́ться

  to choke (on food), to gag

  to choke (with laughter), to be convulsed

  to choke down, to force down

  to hang oneself

• заходи́ться

  to be convulsed (with laughter), to choke (with sobs), to gasp, to be beside oneself

  to sink (of the heart), to pound, to skip a beat

  to go numb, to grow stiff (with cold)

• корчимый

  writhing, being contorted, convulsed, twisted

• заходи́вшийся

  having started crying hysterically, convulsed with crying, sobbing uncontrollably

• обхохота́вшийся

  having burst out laughing, convulsed with laughter, having laughed one's head off

Examples

• Его тело сотрясали конвульсии от боли.

  His body was convulsed with pain.

• От холода его тело сводило корчами.

  The cold made his body convulse.

• Мальчик, корчившийся от смеха, не мог остановиться.

  The boy, convulsed with laughter, could not stop.