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View definitions for feverish

feverish

adjective as in having a high temperature

adjective as in excited, agitated

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Example Sentences

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.

Fifty 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.

Bits of paper blew aimlessly about, wafted by a little, feverish breeze, which rose in spasms and died away.

Suddenly the spaniel leapt up with that feverish, spider-like activity of the toy species and began to bark.

New and feverish desires for luxuries replace each older want as satisfied.

Towards morning the pain had lessened, and, as he slept, he seemed much less feverish than they could have ventured to expect.

When Fanny visited his room she found him wide awake, sitting up in bed with bright, feverish eyes, and crying to himself.

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On this page you'll find 74 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to feverish, such as: fevered, fiery, hectic, febrile, above normal, and aguey.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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