feverish
AdjectiveUS[fee-ver-ish]/ˈfivɚɪʃ/3 syllables
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Adjective (3)
- marked by intense agitation or emotion“worked at a feverish pace”Synonyms: hecticOpposite unagitatedSimilar agitated
- of or relating to or characterized by fever“a febrile reaction caused by an allergen”Synonyms: febrileRelating to febricity
- having or affected by a feverSynonyms: feverousOpposite wellSimilar ill, sick
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Fe′ver·ish adjective
1. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish.
2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms.
3. Hot; sultry. “The feverish north.” John Dryden
4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world. Syn. — fevered.
Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being.— John Milton
— Fe′wb-a1′>′ver·ish·ly, adverb — Fe′wb-a1′>′ver·ish·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54