feverishness

Intense restless warmth

Feverishness is the state of having or showing symptoms of fever—elevated temperature, flushed skin, restless agitation.

The word extends to any intense, hurried excitement: There was a feverishness to the last days of the campaign.

It suggests activity that's urgent but slightly out of control, driven by something not quite healthy.

illness

malaise

Diffuse, sourceless discomfort

  • chillsShivering spells from illness
  • fluContagious respiratory illness
  • influenzaAcute viral respiratory infection

sickness · sweating · delirium · aches · shivering · inflammation · typhoid · malaria · infection · virus

intensity

fervor

Intense emotional intensity

  • ardorIntense emotional warmth
  • zealIntense driving devotion
  • passionIntense emotional drive

eagerness · enthusiasm · frenzy · obsession · mania · excitement · vehemence · urgency · desperation · single-mindedness

agitation

restlessness

State of unease

jitters · edginess · impatience · unease · disquiet · twitchiness · excitability · irritability · antsiness · fluster

heat

burning

Combustion in progress

sweaty · clammy · overheated · fiery · thermal · sultry · sweltering · scorching · flushing · radiant

Categories
Opposites
body temperature/physical state

feverishnesscoldness

Low temperature state

chills · hypothermia · coolness · shivers · clamminess

emotional intensity/mental agitation

feverishnesscalmness

Peaceful mental state

sereneness · tranquility · composure · collectedness · equanimity

pace/activity level

feverishnessleisureliness

State of being relaxed

unhurriedness · deliberateness · slowness · languor · lethargy

Family

fever, feverish, fevered, fevers, feverishly, febrile

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