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feverish

adj · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈfiː.və.ɹɪʃ/
  • US: /ˈfi.vɚ.ɪʃ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: F IY1 V ER0 IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The illness made him feverish, so they applied cold compresses.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Filled with excess energy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He worked with feverish excitement.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Morbidly eager.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a feverish desire to see her again

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to or characterized by fever

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a febrile reaction caused by an allergen

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: febrile

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

marked by intense agitation or emotion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • worked at a feverish pace

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hectic

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

having or affected by a fever

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feverous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English fever Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English feverish From fever + -ish.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: трескав (treskav) — in the state of having a fever
  • Burmese: ဖျား (hpya:) — in the state of having a fever
  • Catalan: febril — in the state of having a fever
  • Catalan: febrós — in the state of having a fever
  • Czech: horečnatý — in the state of having a fever
  • Danish: febril — in the state of having a fever
  • Danish: febersyg — in the state of having a fever
  • Danish: feberhed — in the state of having a fever
  • Danish: feber- — in the state of having a fever
  • Dutch: koortsig — in the state of having a fever
  • Esperanto: febra — in the state of having a fever
  • French: fiévreux — in the state of having a fever
  • German: fiebrig — in the state of having a fever
  • German: febril — in the state of having a fever
  • German: fieberhaft — in the state of having a fever
  • Greek: εμπύρετος (empýretos) — in the state of having a fever
  • Indonesian: demam — in the state of having a fever
  • Irish: fiabhrasach — in the state of having a fever
  • Italian: febbricoso — in the state of having a fever
  • Korean: 열(이 )나는 — in the state of having a fever
  • Latin: febriculentus — in the state of having a fever
  • Māori: tūhauwiri — in the state of having a fever
  • Norwegian Bokmål: febril — in the state of having a fever
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: febril — in the state of having a fever
  • Plautdietsch: feebrich — in the state of having a fever
  • Portuguese: febril — in the state of having a fever
  • Russian: лихора́дочный (lixorádočnyj) — in the state of having a fever
  • Spanish: febril — in the state of having a fever
  • Spanish: febricitante — in the state of having a fever
  • Spanish: calenturiento — in the state of having a fever
  • Spanish: con fiebre — in the state of having a fever
  • Sundanese: harééng — in the state of having a fever
  • Turkish: hummalı — in the state of having a fever
  • Ottoman Turkish: حرارتلو (hararetli) — in the state of having a fever
  • Ukrainian: гарячко́вий (harjačkóvyj) — in the state of having a fever
  • Unami: këshëlèxi — in the state of having a fever
  • Welsh: poeth — in the state of having a fever
  • Catalan: febril — filled with excess energy
  • Czech: horečný — filled with excess energy
  • Danish: febrilsk — filled with excess energy
  • Dutch: koortsachtig — filled with excess energy
  • German: fieberhaft — filled with excess energy
  • Greek: πυρετώδης (pyretódis) — filled with excess energy
  • Hebrew: קַדַּחְתָּנִי (qadaẖtaní) — filled with excess energy
  • Italian: febbrile — filled with excess energy
  • Korean: 열(이 )많은 — filled with excess energy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: febrilsk — filled with excess energy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: febrilsk — filled with excess energy
  • Spanish: febril — filled with excess energy
  • Turkish: hummalı — filled with excess energy
  • Ottoman Turkish: قیزغین (kızgın) — filled with excess energy
  • Ukrainian: гарячко́вий (harjačkóvyj) — filled with excess energy