'Feverish' definitions:
Definition of 'feverish'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a feverish pace" [syn: feverish, hectic]
adjective
Of or relating to or characterized by fever; "a febrile reaction caused by an allergen" [syn: febrile, feverish] [ant: afebrile]
adjective
Having or affected by a fever [syn: feverish, feverous]
Definition of 'Feverish'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'feverish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablaze,
- afire,
- agitated,
- ardent,
- at fever pitch,
- baking,
- blistering,
- boiling,
- boiling over,
- breathless,
- broiling,
- burning,
- burning hot,
- burning with excitement,
- canicular,
- cordial,
- cursory,
- delirious,
- discomposed,
- disquieted,
- disturbed,
- drunk,
- ebullient,
- enthusiastic,
- excited,
- expeditious,
- exuberant,
- fanatical,
- febrile,
- fervent,
- fervid,
- festinate,
- fevered,
- feverous,
- fidgety,
- fiery,
- flaming,
- flurried,
- flushed,
- flustered,
- flying,
- frantic,
- frenetic,
- frenzied,
- furious,
- glowing,
- grilling,
- hasty,
- hearty,
- heated,
- hectic,
- het up,
- high-strung,
- hot,
- hot as fire,
- hot as hell,
- hot-blooded,
- hurried,
- hyperpyretic,
- hyperthermic,
- hysteric,
- immediate,
- impassioned,
- in a fever,
- in rut,
- infatuated,
- inflamed,
- insane,
- instant,
- intense,
- intoxicated,
- jittery,
- jumpy,
- keen,
- keyed up,
- last-minute,
- like a furnace,
- like an oven,
- lively,
- nervous,
- nervy,
- on fire,
- on the spot,
- overanxious,
- overdesirous,
- overeager,
- overenthusiastic,
- overheated,
- overwarm,
- overwrought,
- overzealous,
- parching,
- passing,
- passionate,
- perfervid,
- perturbed,
- piping hot,
- prompt,
- pyretic,
- quick,
- red-hot,
- restless,
- roasting,
- ruffled,
- scalding,
- scorching,
- searing,
- seething,
- sexually excited,
- shaken,
- shaken up,
- simmering,
- sizzling hot,
- slap-bang,
- slapdash,
- smoking hot,
- snap,
- speedy,
- steaming,
- steamy,
- stirred up,
- sudorific,
- superficial,
- sweating,
- sweaty,
- sweltering,
- sweltry,
- swift,
- toasting,
- torrid,
- troubled,
- troublous,
- turbulent,
- ultrazealous,
- uneasy,
- unpeaceful,
- unquiet,
- unrestrained,
- upset,
- urgent,
- vigorous,
- warm,
- white-hot,
- wild,
- zealous