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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. marked by intense agitation or emotion;
- Example: "worked at a feverish pace"
[syn: feverish, hectic]

2. of or relating to or characterized by fever;
- Example: "a febrile reaction caused by an allergen"
[syn: febrile, feverish]

3. having or affected by a fever;
[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. [1913 Webster] 2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms. [1913 Webster] 3. Hot; sultry. "The feverish north." --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world. Syn: fevered. [1913 Webster] Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being. --Milton. -- Fe"ver*ish*ly, adv. -- Fe"ver*ish*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
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]