Meanings
comparative more feverish · superlative most feverish
- Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.
The illness made him feverish, so they applied cold compresses.
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People who feel warm or provide a history of feeling feverish may also be determined to have a fever.
2020 December 7, Kristen Rogers, “Think your normal temperature is 98.6? Maybe not (and why that’s important)”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2022 - Morbidly eager.
a feverish desire to see her again
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Toward this objective, China's recent three supreme leaders, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and the incumbent Xi Jinping, all embrace such a new security agenda and engage in feverish Xinjiang ethnic pacification and military buildup campaigns, with each of the three leaders having his own landmark event in implementing this Xinjiang final solution.
2018 October 9, Miles Maochun Yu, “China's Final Solution In Xinjiang”, in Hoover Institution, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2019
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to or characterized by fever
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian трескав
- трескав (treskav)in the state of having a fever
Catalan febril, febrós
- febrilin the state of having a fever
- febrósin the state of having a fever
- febrilfilled with excess energy
Czech horečnatý, horečný
- horečnatýin the state of having a fever
- horečnýfilled with excess energy
Danish febril, febersyg
- febrilin the state of having a fever
- febersygin the state of having a fever
- feberhedin the state of having a fever
- feber-in the state of having a fever
- febrilskfilled with excess energy
Dutch koortsig, koortsachtig
- koortsigin the state of having a fever
- koortsachtigfilled with excess energy
Esperanto febra
- febrain the state of having a fever
French fiévreux
- fiévreuxin the state of having a fever
German fiebrig, febril
- fiebrigin the state of having a fever
- febrilin the state of having a fever
- fieberhaftin the state of having a fever
- fieberhaftfilled with excess energy
Greek εμπύρετος, πυρετώδης
- εμπύρετος (empýretos)in the state of having a fever
- πυρετώδης (pyretódis)filled with excess energy
Hebrew קַדַּחְתָּנִי
- קַדַּחְתָּנִי (qadaẖtaní)filled with excess energy
Indonesian demam
- demamin the state of having a fever
Irish fiabhrasach
- fiabhrasachin the state of having a fever
Italian febbricoso, febbrile
- febbricosoin the state of having a fever
- febbrilefilled with excess energy
Korean 열(이 )나는, 열(이 )많은
- 열(이 )나는in the state of having a fever
- 열(이 )많은filled with excess energy
Latin febriculentus
- febriculentusin the state of having a fever
Māori tūhauwiri
- tūhauwiriin the state of having a fever
Norwegian Bokmål febril, febrilsk
- febrilin the state of having a fever
- febrilskfilled with excess energy
Portuguese febril
- febrilin the state of having a fever
Russian лихора́дочный
- лихора́дочный (lixorádočnyj)in the state of having a fever
Spanish febricitante, calenturiento
- febricitantein the state of having a fever
- calenturientoin the state of having a fever
- con fiebrein the state of having a fever
Turkish hummalı, hummalı
- hummalıin the state of having a fever
- hummalıfilled with excess energy
Ukrainian гарячко́вий, гарячко́вий
- гарячко́вий (harjačkóvyj)in the state of having a fever
- гарячко́вий (harjačkóvyj)filled with excess energy
Welsh poeth
- poethin the state of having a fever
Cite this entry
feverish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feverish
“feverish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feverish. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feverish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feverish.
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