Feverish

Word FEVERISH
Character 8
Hyphenation fe ver ish
Pronunciations /ˈfiː.və.ɹɪʃ/

Definitions and meanings of "Feverish"

What do we mean by feverish?

Relating to or resembling a fever. adjective

Having a fever or symptoms characteristic of a fever. adjective

Causing or tending to cause fever. adjective

Marked by intense agitation, emotion, or activity. adjective

Having fever, especially a slight degree of fever: as, the patient is feverish.

Indicating or characteristic of fever: as, feverish symptoms.

Having a tendency to produce fever: as, feverish food.

Morbidly eager; unduly ardent: as, a feverish craving for notoriety or fame.

Excited and fitful; in a state resembling fever; now hot, now cold; characterized by sudden change or rapid fluctuations: as, a feverish state of the money market.

Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst. adjective

Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever. adjective

Hot; sultry. adjective

Disordered as by fever; excited; restless. adjective

In the state of having a fever, to have an elevated body temperature. adjective

Filled with excess energy. adjective

Of or relating to or characterized by fever adjective

Having or affected by a fever adjective

Marked by intense agitation or emotion adjective

Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.

Filled with excess energy.

Morbidly eager.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Feverish

The word "feverish" in example sentences

The No. 1 is what I call feverish in its vibrations, and would be certain to give any instrument a hollow tone, an instrument cuddled, tempered, and made to fit the ear of the expected purchaser by the experienced one who has it to dispose of. ❋ Unknown (1869)

I have been feeling a little cabin feverish as here in almost always sunny Phoenix we had terrible rains, flooding and trees down. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In those days, banking was not national, and New York and Chicago were in feverish competition. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And this Moroccan question, how feverish is the feeling in that momentous conclave. ❋ Unknown (1906)

The Brownie was soon at the door, but not so soon as Ellen, who had dressed in feverish haste. ❋ Unknown (1892)

When Mexican damsels reach that "hood" which permits of long dresses and big bustles, they are in feverish expectation until, during a walk or drive, a flash from a pair of soft, black eyes tells its tale and a pair of starry ones sends back a swift reply, and with a tender sigh she realizes she has learned that which comes into the lives of them all. ❋ Unknown (1888)

She did not sleep, but lay tossing from side to side in feverish excitement the whole night – having, in fact, a terrible battle between her own fierce passions and her newly awakened conscience. ❋ Unknown (1888)

He now forbore to interrupt her; she spoke in short feverish sentences, taking a mournful pleasure in thus confessing her love, in sharing with that venerable priest the secret which had so long burdened her. ❋ ��mile Zola (1871)

Again, in some cases of what is commonly called feverish cold, stimulants like ammonia assist ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)

I'm no longer feverish, which is awesome - but I can't walk across the room without coughing and/or feeling week and shaky. ❋ Pixelfish (2009)

Ready and willing, even though it meant making a feverish hay feverish, that is trip to the barn—the huge, saggy-roofed building that sat about fifty yards from the condemned farmhouse where the Baggetts had been hanging out ever since they got more or less kicked out of downtown Crownfield. ❋ Zilpha Keatley Snyder (2009)

They live their lives out, with something that might be termed a feverish stolidity, in the dim crowded flats, and upon the thronged streets. ❋ Unknown (1937)

He recalled the feverish haste in which he had acted that morning -- the one thought that had possessed him being to reach her if possible before she could put her designs into execution. ❋ Unknown (1909)

Also, that bit about "feverish" isn't just the usual hyperbole you've come to know and expect from this column. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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