feverish

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   marked by intense agitation or emotion

   Worked at a feverish pace.

2. 2
   adj

   Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.

   The illness made him feverish, so they applied cold compresses.

3. 3
   adj

   Filled with excess energy.

   He worked with feverish excitement.

4. 4
   adj

   Morbidly eager.

   A feverish desire to see her again.

From fever + -ish.

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