feverish
adjective
fe·ver·ish
ˈfe-vər-ish 
ˈfē-vrish
1
2
: marked by intense emotion, activity, or instability
feverish excitement
feverishly
adverb
feverishness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of feverish in a Sentence
She was feeling tired and feverish.
He had a feverish appearance.
Recent Examples on the Web
After years of feverish fan-casting the roles of Glinda and Elphaba for the eventual film (Dove Cameron as Galinda?
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
There exists a long history of the dying muse, beautiful, feverish, and doomed: In 1852, the artist’s model Elizabeth Siddal posed as Hamlet’s Ophelia for the pre-Raphaelites, her languid sickliness attributed to tuberculosis by her peers.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2024
But there’s a catch—while these methods are gaining feverish attention in the digital space, the scientific proof is a little… hazy.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
The emotions and uprooting ignited the need to write at a feverish pace, filling the pages of notebooks with poems to let those feelings out.
—Roxsy Lin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
There exists a long history of the dying muse, beautiful, feverish, and doomed: In 1852, the artist’s model Elizabeth Siddal posed as Hamlet’s Ophelia for the pre-Raphaelites, her languid sickliness attributed to tuberculosis by her peers.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2024
But there’s a catch—while these methods are gaining feverish attention in the digital space, the scientific proof is a little… hazy.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
The emotions and uprooting ignited the need to write at a feverish pace, filling the pages of notebooks with poems to let those feelings out.
—Roxsy Lin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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feverish
adjective
fe·ver·ish
ˈfēv-(ə-)rish
1
a
: having a fever
b
: of, relating to, or being fever
c
: tending to cause fever
2
: showing great emotion or activity : hectic
feverish excitement
feverishly
adverb
feverishness
noun
Medical Definition
feverish
adjective
fe·ver·ish
ˈfēv-(ə-)rish
1
: showing symptoms indicating fever (as increased heat and thirst or delirium) : having a fever
the patient is feverish
specifically
: abnormally hot
the child's forehead felt feverish
2
: of or indicating fever
a feverish condition
3
: infected with or tending to cause fever
a damp, feverish, unhealthy spot—R. L. Stevenson
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