burning up
Running a fever
Burning up describes intense heat, whether literal or felt in the body.
Someone with a fever is burning up: Feel her forehead—she's burning up.
The phrase also expresses extreme anger: He was burning up about the decision.
In casual use, burning up can mean moving very fast or performing intensely: That guitarist is burning up the fretboard.
- feverishHaving elevated temperature
- running a feverHaving elevated body temperature
- blazingBurning very brightly
- ablazeActively in flames
- flushedReddened from emotion
up in flames · boiling hot · pyretic · fiery · febrile · scorching · sweating · overheating · inflamed · hot under the collar · heatstroke · searing · incinerate · going up in smoke · wildfire · torched · smoldering · chills
burning upfreezing
Extremely cold
frozen · ice cold · frigid · freezing cold · icy
burning upcool as a cucumber
Extremely calm and composed
ice-cold · ice cold · calm · composed · indifferent
burn, burning, burnt, burned, burns, combustible, combustion, burnable, unburned