Synonyms for feverishness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fee-ver-ish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfi vər ɪʃ

Top 10 synonyms for feverishness Other synonyms for the word feverishness

Définition of feverishness

Origin :
  • late 14c., "causing fever;" 1630s, "excited;" 1640s, "having symptoms of fever," from fever + -ish. Earlier in same sense was feverous (late 14c.). Related: Feverishly; feverishness.
  • As in nervousness : noun anxious state
  • As in temperature : noun hotness, coldness of some degree
  • As in jitters : noun nervous restlessness
  • As in hysteria : noun state of extreme upset
Example sentences :
  • She had taken the bouquet of violets and breathed the perfume to cool her feverishness.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • This news of the battle of Saint-Privat caused my feverishness to return.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • I really felt much better, and the feverishness had left me.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Amidst all his feverishness he had not thought of these difficulties.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • He preferred to remain at home where there was nobody to notice his feverishness.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • But nothing would be able to chill the feverishness of their eyes.
  • Extract from : « They Twinkled Like Jewels » by Philip Jos Farmer
  • She had a feverishness and uncertainty of temper common to long-confined invalids.
  • Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton
  • Feverishness and sleeplessness now naturally show themselves.
  • Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
  • She would be in the air there, she would be able to breathe, to get rid of this feverishness.
  • Extract from : « The Patrician » by John Galsworthy
  • "Certainly, certainly," he replied in a tone of some feverishness.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Sally » by P. G. Wodehouse

Antonyms for feverishness

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