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Meaning of 'feverish' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Feverish [ a.]
- Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish.
- Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms.
- Hot; sultry.
- Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world.

Meaning of 'feverish' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . feverish [ a]
Meaning (1):
- of or relating to or characterized by fever
Example in sentence:
  • a febrile reaction caused by an allergen
2 . feverish [ s]
Meaning (2):
- marked by intense agitation or emotion
Example in sentence:
  • worked at a feverish pace

Nearby Words:

fever fevered feveret feverfew fevering feverous feverously feverwort fevery

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