fever pitch

noun

: a state of intense excitement and agitation

Examples of fever pitch in a Sentence

I worked myself up to a fever pitch of enthusiasm.

New allegations brought interest in the scandal to a fever pitch.

Demand for the new car soon reached fever pitch.

Recent Examples on the Web

So often in a final, when nerves are at a fever pitch, the forehand is the stroke that is the least stable. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 11 July 2026

With all these parallel discussions about technology now reaching fever pitch, many people are asking whether the answer is simply to take it out of schools altogether. — Al Kingsley Mbe, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

In the Tahoe basin, opposition to the herbicide reached a fever pitch after an article chronicling the Forest Service’s use of the chemical across California appeared in Mother Jones magazine. — Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Similarly, the World Cup is a global phenomenon in which the waving of national colors reaches fever pitch. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fever pitch

• bewitch
• caliche
• distich
• enrich
• bitch
• ditch
• fiche
• glitch
• hitch
• ich
• itch
• kitsch