feverous
8.2
Has a high body temperature and feels very unwell
- adjective
- /ˈfiːvərəs/
- Archaic
:
febril
- The feverous child was sweating and restless in bed.
Examples
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She felt feverous and weak after the long night of chills.
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After exercising, he experienced a feverous glow as his body temperature increased.
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Some say the earth was feverous and did shake.
Synonyms
hot
vsfeverous
∞
1.0
Having a high temperature and able to burn your skin
is specifically medical, meaning affected by high body temperature or its causes
feverish
vsfeverous
12
3.5
Having a higher than normal body temperature and feeling weak
is a more clinical term meaning affected by high body temperature
4
8.5
Having a fever or showing signs of fever
is used more generally to mean caused by or resulting from high body temperature
1
9.9
Relating to or causing fever
is the term used for being affected by high body temperature rather than causing it
fevered
vsfeverous
1
4.4
Having a high body temperature and feeling hot and weak
is the neutral clinical sense of being affected by high body temperature
9.9
Having a fever or higher than normal body temperature
is the common general term for being affected by high body temperature
9.9
Having a fever or causing a fever
focuses on being caused by high body temperature rather than causing it
Antonyms
How Hot
Surface Forms
feverous positive
Morphology
Etymology
Feverous comes from the common word fever and the ending -ous, where -ous means 'full of' or 'having', just like in joyous. So feverous means 'having a fever'.