feverish
Hot from illness
Feverish describes the state of having a fever—an elevated body temperature usually caused by illness.
Beyond the literal, feverish characterizes intense, agitated activity or emotion: feverish preparations for the wedding, a feverish desire to succeed.
This figurative use captures the restless, overheated quality that fever produces in the body, applied to mental states or busy situations.
Someone in a feverish state may be both physically unwell and emotionally overwrought.
Shivering spells from illness
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- fluContagious respiratory illness
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- malaiseDiffuse, sourceless discomfort
sickness · symptoms · temperature · contagion · influenza · pneumonia · sepsis · malaria
Wildly out of control
- franticWildly anxious or desperate
- manicAbnormally elevated, agitated
- hecticIntensely busy, almost overwhelming
- furiousExtremely angry
wild · desperate · hurried · rushed · breakneck · relentless · unrelenting · obsessive
Same suit, five cards
- flushedReddened from emotion
- blushFacial reddening from emotion
- ruddyReddish in complexion
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
glow · warmth · redness · clammy · sweaty · hot · burning · overheated
State of awaiting something
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
- zealousPassionately eager and active
avid · impatient · excited · anxious · hungry · yearning · ambitious · driven
chills
Shivering spells from illness
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- fluContagious respiratory illness
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
malaise · sickness · symptoms · temperature · contagion · influenza · pneumonia · sepsis · malaria · dengue
frenzied
Wildly out of control
- franticWildly anxious or desperate
- manicAbnormally elevated, agitated
- hecticIntensely busy, almost overwhelming
furious · wild · desperate · hurried · rushed · breakneck · relentless · unrelenting · obsessive · compulsive
flush
Same suit, five cards
florid · glow · warmth · redness · clammy · sweaty · hot · burning · overheated · perspiring
anticipation
State of awaiting something
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
zealous · avid · impatient · excited · anxious · hungry · yearning · ambitious · driven · passionate
agitated
Emotionally disturbed, restless
uneasy · delirious · tossing · turning · sleepless · fitful · wakeful · unsettled · disturbed · disoriented
weak
Lacking power or force
debilitated · ailing · listless · haggard · wan · lethargic · shaky · unsteady · frail · feeble
- illnessdisease, sickness, illness, ailment, disorder
- temperaturehot, cold, warm, cool, freezing
- feverpyrexia, body temperature, core temperature, temperature spike, temperature drop
- illness symptomschills, aches, headache, cough, coughing
- sensationstaste, touch, smell, sound, pain
- sicknesssick, ill, unwell, ailing, diseased