Meanings
adjectiveclonic (comparative more clonic, superlative most clonic)
comparative more clonic · superlative most clonic
- Pertaining to clonus; having irregular, convulsive spasms.
Hospital attendants stand by to drag the children off, drooling, screaming, having clonic convulsions.
1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
German klonisch
- klonischhaving irregular, convulsive spasms
Hungarian rángásos
- rángásoshaving irregular, convulsive spasms
Italian clonico
- clonicohaving irregular, convulsive spasms
Portuguese clónico, clônico
- clónicohaving irregular, convulsive spasms
- clônicohaving irregular, convulsive spasms
Spanish clónico
- clónicohaving irregular, convulsive spasms
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with clonic
electronicchronicsonicharmonicmonophonicionicironicultrasonictonicmasonicsymphonicsupersoniciconicdemoniccolonicmnemonicbionicplatonicmonotonichydroponichadronicplanktonicphoniccarbonic
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APA
clonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clonic
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“clonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clonic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clonic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clonic.
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