feverish : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: feverish	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for feverish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feverish adj marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a feverish pace" Synonym(s): feverish, hectic of or relating to or characterized by fever; "a febrile reaction caused by an allergen" Synonym(s): febrile, feverish Antonym(s): afebrile having or affected by a fever Synonym(s): feverish, feverous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feverish \Fe"verish\, a. 1. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish. 2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish* symptoms. 3. Hot; sultry. [bd]The feverish north.[b8] --Dryden. 4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world. Strive to keep up a frail and feverish bing. --Milton. -- {Fe"verishly}, adv. -- {Fe"verishness}, n.