feverish
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈfiːvərɪʃ/
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febril
- Doctor Leonid Progosa, the team's only physician, began feeling weak and feverish, with an excruciating pain in his right side.
- feverish child
- feel feverish
They've got, you know, they're sweating, they're feverish.
- They've got, you know, they're sweating, they're feverish.
Examples
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Adwoa, a girl aged 2 years from a rural village, had been feverish for 3 days.
Academic text (2016) -
In the morning, seeing his wife feverish, the man went to get the doctor.
Fiction book (1996) -
And I was feeling feverish, so I went outside for a walk just to get some cold air.
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She was feverish and slept ill last night.
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I got him home and put him to bed; his forehead was feverish, his eyes glassy with sickness.
Fiction book (1995) -
The inferno threatened the lives of the 149 resident orphans, many of whom were feverish and bedridden from measles.
Academic text (2010) -
After playing outside in the heat, I began to feel feverish and needed to rest indoors.
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The doctor said that her feverish state indicated she might have an infection.
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He was feverish with worry while waiting for test results at the clinic.
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling slightly sick or uncomfortable
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8.5
Having a fever or showing signs of fever
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4.4
Having a high body temperature and feeling hot and weak
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7.9
Having a much higher body temperature than normal
Having a fever or higher than normal body temperature
Having a fever or causing a fever
Has a high body temperature and feels very unwell
Having a body temperature much higher than normal
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Feverish comes from fever, which means 'high temperature' or being sick, so it describes someone who feels hot and unwell.