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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

feverish
    adj 1: marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a
           feverish pace" [syn: feverish, hectic]
    2: of or relating to or characterized by fever; "a febrile
       reaction caused by an allergen" [syn: febrile, feverish]
       [ant: afebrile]
    3: having or affected by a fever [syn: feverish, feverous]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Feverish \Fe"ver*ish\, a.
   1. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a
      moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and
      thirst; as, the patient is feverish.
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   2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a
      fever; as, feverish symptoms.
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   3. Hot; sultry. "The feverish north." --Dryden.
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   4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the
      feverish condition of the commercial world.

   Syn: fevered.
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              Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being.
                                                  --Milton.
        -- Fe"ver*ish*ly, adv. -- Fe"ver*ish*ness, n.
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Thesaurus Results for feverish:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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