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   Fe·ver·ish

   /ˈfēv(ə)riSH/

   

   adjective

   • 1. characterized by or displaying a frenetic excitement or energy: "the next couple of weeks were spent in a whirl of feverish activity" Similar frenziedfrenetichecticagitatedexcitedrestlessnervousworked upoverwroughtfranticfuriousdistractedhystericalwildmanicmaniacallike one possesseduncontrolledunrestrainedinformal:in a tizzyswivel-eyedOpposite calm
   • 2. having or showing the symptoms of a fever: "he suffered from feverish colds" Similar febrilefeveredwith a high temperaturehotburningsweatingshiveringdeliriousinformal:with a temperaturerare:pyretic

   Derivatives

   • 1. feverishness noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

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