[syn: feverish, feverous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Feverish \Fe"ver*ish\, a.
1. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a
moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and
thirst; as, the patient is feverish.
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2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a
fever; as, feverish symptoms.
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3. Hot; sultry. "The feverish north." --Dryden.
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4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the
feverish condition of the commercial world.
Syn: fevered.
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Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being.
--Milton.
-- Fe"ver*ish*ly, adv. -- Fe"ver*ish*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
feverish
adj 1: marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a
feverish pace" [syn: feverish, hectic]
2: of or relating to or characterized by fever; "a febrile
reaction caused by an allergen" [syn: febrile, feverish]
[ant: afebrile]
3: having or affected by a fever [syn: feverish, feverous]