fevered

Examples

• All

• At last she passed from consciousness into a fevered dream.

  Fiction book (2000)

• You helped create this fevered dream of immortality.

  A Perfect Getaway (2009)

• Foreign concept, I know, but a break just might free your fevered mind.

  They (2002)

• Finally, one night in a fevered dream, God spoke to him.

  Fiction book (1990)

• It's just what bubbled into my fevered brain here.

• Instead, she watched with fevered eyes as Smith leaped out the door.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Song has been increasing in tempo and is now at a fevered pitch.

  Fiction book (2002)

• A proposal to institute the use of wheeled bins caused a somewhat fevered debate.

  Academic text (1994)

• Showing you joys you never dreamed possible in your most fevered adolescent slumber.

  Once Bitten (1985)

• The crowd cheered with fevered excitement as the band took the stage.

Synonyms

E

excited

vsfevered

∞ 1.0

Feeling very happy and eager about something

leans more toward agitation and emotional intensity rather than mere eagerness

P

passionate

vsfevered

329 2.8

Having very strong feelings about something

is more about high arousal or agitation than sustained depth

M

mad

vsfevered

138 1.3

Very excited and unable to stay calm

is agitated and excited but may be slightly less uncontrolled

H

hot

vsfevered

108 1.6

Full of strong activity and excitement

focuses on emotional agitation and being stirred rather than boldness

A

agitated

vsfevered

49 4.1

Feeling nervous, upset, and not calm

is excited and stirred but not always troubled or worried

F

frenzied

vsfevered

21 6.5

Showing very strong excitement and uncontrolled actions

is similar but can include strong agitation without chaos

D

delirious

vsfevered

10 6.7

Very excited and unable to control strong feelings

is intense emotion but not always wildly irrational

F

feverish

vsfevered

9 3.8

Full of strong excitement and hurried activity

means the same but is the chosen dictionary form here

H

hot-blooded

vsfevered

7 5.6

Easily feeling strong anger or excitement

is highly emotional but not necessarily easily aroused repeatedly

O

overexcited

vsfevered

6 4.3

Too active and noisy because of strong feelings

is highly excited but can still be appropriate to context

R

red-hot

vsfevered

3 4.0

Full of strong feeling or interest

is intense emotionally but can include agitation or nervousness too

H

hot and bothered

vsfevered

• Informal

2 7.0

Feeling nervous and upset because of stress or embarrassment

is high emotional intensity that may not include embarrassment or anxiety

H

hyperemotional

vsfevered

1 7.9

Showing very strong feelings that change quickly and seem too much

is strongly emotional but not necessarily unstable or exaggerated

A

adrenalized

vsfevered

• Informal

1 7.0

Filled with a sudden rush of excitement and energy

is driven by intense emotion rather than by a physical rush

P

phrenetic

vsfevered

• Archaic

9.9

Being very excited and unable to stay calm

is intense too but not necessarily wildly out of control

H

hysteretic

vsfevered

9.9

Showing extreme, uncontrolled emotion that upsets or frightens others

is emotional and agitated but less medically excessive

M

mad with excitement

vsfevered

5.3

Very excited and unable to stay calm

expresses high excitement while allowing for some self control

H

heated

vsfevered

4.2

A discussion full of strong feelings and anger

covers high emotion too but includes agitation without anger

A

aroused

vsfevered

5.6

Feeling excited in a strong emotional or physical way

is emotionally agitated rather than simply physically stimulated

F

flurried

vsfevered

7.4

Feeling nervous and hurried after something sudden happens

is intense emotionally but not only short nervous flurries

Antonyms

C

calm

52 1.0

A quiet, peaceful feeling that helps you stay steady

U

unexcited

1 3.7

Calm and not showing strong feeling

How Agitated

hysterical

• Informal

163 3.9

frantic

93 3.9

fevered

7 5.3

agitated

49 4.1

restless

110 3.0

uneasy

98 3.2

calm

735 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology