fevered en · ADJ
Etymology
From fever + -ed.
Meanings
- Affected by a fever; feverish.
-
Heated; impassioned; enthusiastic to the point of distraction.
To rephrase in less fevered rhetoric, a regional alliance might take shape independent of the U.S.
2010, Noam Chomsky, “The Iranian threat”, in Z Magazine, volume 23, number 7:Amid all the fevered anticipation of this fixture, few would have expected to witness an aesthetically pleasing example of the beautiful game.
2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more fevered | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most fevered | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Translations (9)
bg страстен (impassioned) · fr enflammé (impassioned) · es enfebrecido (impassioned) · bg пламнал (impassioned) · bg трескав (affected by fever) · es enfebrecido (affected by fever) · es afiebrado (impassioned) · es afiebrado (affected by fever) · fr fiévreux (affected by fever)