feverish
having fever.
pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling fever: a feverish excitement.
excited, restless, or uncontrolled, as if from fever.
having a tendency to produce fever.
Origin of feverish
1Other words for feverish
Other words from feverish
- fe·ver·ish·ly, adverb
- fe·ver·ish·ness, noun
- non·fe·ver·ish, adjective
- non·fe·ver·ish·ness, noun
- pseu·do·fe·ver·ish, adjective
- un·fe·ver·ish, adjective
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How to use feverish in a sentence
Roblox’s 7x valuation multiple signals just how feverish public and private markets are for tech stocks.
Roblox raises at $29.5 billion valuation, readies for direct listing | Lucas Matney | January 7, 2021 | TechCrunchWhen the detainees arrived on June 2, at least two were feverish.
Little wonder, then, that Robinhood has grown so quickly and generated such feverish activity.
The huge leap in the 1980s led to feverish speculation that room-temperature superconductivity might be possible.
Room-temperature superconductivity has been achieved for the first time | Niall Firth | October 14, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewIf 2020 maintains its feverish IPO pace, it’ll be thanks in large part to expected listings from buzzy tech firms like Palantir, DoorDash, and Airbnb.
2020 is on pace to be the best year for US IPOs since the dot-com bubble | Nicolás Rivero | August 13, 2020 | Quartz
The days it takes place are marked on the wall calendar in the kitchen and counted down to with feverish excitement.
Endowing the feverish, PR-patrolled world of presidential politics with thoughtfulness and poise—now that would be radical.
Inside The Secret World of London’s National Gallery | Tim Teeman | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFifty years ago this week, a divided and feverish Republican Party nominated Barry Goldwater to lead them to victory.
Both became feverish and ill with the infusion, as expected, and both recovered.
Incapable of movement, incapable of speech, I listened to her feverish words in an agony of shame and sorrow.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBits of paper blew aimlessly about, wafted by a little, feverish breeze, which rose in spasms and died away.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensSuddenly the spaniel leapt up with that feverish, spider-like activity of the toy species and began to bark.
Dope | Sax RohmerNew and feverish desires for luxuries replace each older want as satisfied.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockTowards morning the pain had lessened, and, as he slept, he seemed much less feverish than they could have ventured to expect.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte YongeWhen Fanny visited his room she found him wide awake, sitting up in bed with bright, feverish eyes, and crying to himself.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste Tchaikovsky
British Dictionary definitions for feverish
feverous
/ (ˈfiːvərɪʃ) /
suffering from fever, esp a slight fever
in a state of restless excitement
of, relating to, caused by, or causing fever
Derived forms of feverish
- feverishly or feverously, adverb
- feverishness, noun
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