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feverish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈfiː.və.ɹɪʃ/ (UK)
• /ˈfi.vɚ.ɪʃ/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.
   • 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:
   • The illness made him feverish, so they applied cold compresses.
2. Filled with excess energy.
   • He worked with feverish excitement.
3. Morbidly eager.
   • a feverish desire to see her again
   • 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:

Forms

Deriveds

feverish urine · unfeverish · feverish matter · feverishly · feverishness

Translations (50)

ga fiabhrasach (in the state of having a fever) · nn febrilsk (filled with excess energy) · eo febra (in the state of having a fever) · mi tūhauwiri (in the state of having a fever) · da febril (in the state of having a fever) · ko 열(이 )나는 (in the state of having a fever) · ca febrós (in the state of having a fever) · da feberhed (in the state of having a fever) · ota قیزغین (filled with excess energy) · ca febril (in the state of having a fever) · unm këshëlèxi (in the state of having a fever) · id demam (in the state of having a fever) · he קַדַּחְתָּנִי (filled with excess energy) · de fieberhaft (filled with excess energy) · nn febril (in the state of having a fever) · pdt feebrich (in the state of having a fever) · cy poeth (in the state of having a fever) · nb febril (in the state of having a fever) · uk гарячко́вий (in the state of having a fever) · uk гарячко́вий (filled with excess energy) · ko 열(이 )많은 (filled with excess energy) · nl koortsachtig (filled with excess energy) · tr hummalı (filled with excess energy) · cs horečnatý (in the state of having a fever) · de febril (in the state of having a fever) · es calenturiento (in the state of having a fever) · it febbricoso (in the state of having a fever) · my ဖျား (in the state of having a fever) · el πυρετώδης (filled with excess energy) · da febrilsk (filled with excess energy) · da febersyg (in the state of having a fever) · ota حرارتلو (in the state of having a fever) · nl koortsig (in the state of having a fever) · ca febril (filled with excess energy) · el εμπύρετος (in the state of having a fever) · es febricitante (in the state of having a fever) · tr hummalı (in the state of having a fever) · la febriculentus (in the state of having a fever) · nb febrilsk (filled with excess energy) · su harééng (in the state of having a fever) · fr fiévreux (in the state of having a fever) · de fiebrig (in the state of having a fever) · ru лихора́дочный (in the state of having a fever) · de fieberhaft (in the state of having a fever) · es con fiebre (in the state of having a fever) · bg трескав (in the state of having a fever) · da feber- (in the state of having a fever) · it febbrile (filled with excess energy) · cs horečný (filled with excess energy) · pt febril (in the state of having a fever)