Twitching Synonyms

Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. jerking
  2. paining
  3. twinging
  4. beating
  5. palpitating
  6. working
  7. kicking
  8. shuddering
  9. shivering
Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. yanking
  2. grasping
  3. twinging
  4. clutching
  5. snapping
  6. flipping
  7. nipping
  8. drawing
  9. lurching
  10. clasping
  11. snatching
  12. jerking
  13. seizing
  14. trembling
  15. grabbing
  16. tugging
  17. shuddering
  18. gripping
  19. wrenching
  20. shaking
  21. pulling
  22. plucking
  23. squeezing
  24. picking
  25. pinching
A sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. twitch
  2. vellication

Twitching Sentence Examples

  • Taran lowered his arm, twitching in irritation.

  • The red-faced man was still twitching, but they did not carry him away.

  • He is carried away still twitching to the hospital.

  • The count's face was white and he could not control the feverish twitching of his lower jaw.

  • Many of the Syrphidae are banded black and yellow and present a general resemblance to wasps, especially when they alight, the resemblance being enhanced by a twitching action of the abdomen imitating the similar action so familiar in species of stinging hymenoptera.

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