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feverish

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of feverish

1 being in a state of increased activity or agitation

  • scary stories that were the product of a feverish imagination
Synonyms of feverish

agitated, excited, frenzied, heated, hectic, hyperactive, overactive, overwrought
Words Related to feverish

hyperexcited, overexcited

afire, aflutter, aquiver, atingle

anxious, dithery, edgy, het up, high-strung, hyped-up, hyper, jittery, jumpy, nervy, nervous, perturbed, tense, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, uptight, wired
Phrases Synonymous with feverish

in a lather, keyed up
Near Antonyms of feverish

calm, collected, composed, cool, coolheaded, placid, serene, tranquil, undisturbed, unperturbed, unshaken, untroubled, unworried

2 having or expressing great depth of feeling

  • the desperate prisoner made a feverish appeal for mercy
Synonyms of feverish

ardent, blazing, burning, charged, demonstrative, emotional, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, glowing, hot-blooded, impassioned, incandescent, intense, passional, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, religious, superheated, torrid, vehement, warm, warm-blooded
Words Related to feverish

gushing, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy, sugary

histrionic, melodramatic

enthusiastic, gung ho, keen, zealous

enamored, infatuated, obsessed

uninhibited, unreserved, unrestrained

frenzied, orgiastic, overemotional, overexcited, overheated
Phrases Synonymous with feverish

on fire
Near Antonyms of feverish

detached, dry, impersonal, objective

reserved, undemonstrative
Antonyms of feverish

cold, cool, dispassionate, emotionless, impassive, unemotional

3 marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity

  • working at a feverish pace to get the project done on time
Synonyms of feverish

delirious, ferocious, fierce, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, mad, rabid, violent, wild
Words Related to feverish

concentrated, high-pressured, intense, intensive, vehement

excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate, lavish, overmuch, overweening, unconscionable, undue

crazed, crazy, demented, deranged, insane, irrational, lunatic, mad, maniacal (also maniac)
Near Antonyms of feverish

calm, peaceful, placid, quiet, serene, subdued, tranquil, undisturbed, unperturbed, untroubled

moderate, reasonable, temperate

casual, easygoing, low-pressure

balanced, sane, sound
Antonyms of feverish

relaxed

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