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as in heated
being in a state of increased activity or agitation
scary stories that were the product of a feverish imagination
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as in passionate
having or expressing great depth of feeling
the desperate prisoner made a feverish appeal for mercy
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as in frantic
marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity
working at a feverish pace to get the project done on time
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Recent Examples of feverish
That long trough in the industry left an enduring shortage of new homes, which in turn caused a feverish bidding-up of existing properties.
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Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Symptoms vary, but can include deer appearing disoriented, showing little to no fear of humans, appearing feverish, having respiratory distress, and pronounced swelling of head, neck, tongue and eyelids.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2025
My expectation is that GPT-5 will notably exacerbate and stoke an already feverish pace of growth in people turning to AI for their therapeutic needs.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
In this feverish climate, Khomeini acquired a momentum that his non-clerical comrades hadn’t foreseen and couldn’t match.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
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The heated confrontation as caught on video, which went viral on social media.—
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Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve got into a heated altercation and was ejected during the team’s Game 3 loss against the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night.—
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The locals, who have not celebrated a major men’s team championship since 2011, either, have waited a long time to express their passionate feelings about this one.—
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Kaif Shaikh Kaif Shaikh is a journalist and writer passionate about turning complex information into clear, impactful stories.—
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The slog of recovery is what's stuck with her even more than the frantic and frightening hours of the storm.—
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Less than an hour after making his frantic and somewhat miraculous 59-yarder, Butker missed the 33-yard extra point wide right.—
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The opening of the location near the Detroit Metro Airport drew a large and excited crowd.—
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Nvidia has made no net progress since July 30 alongside plenty of excited chatter around the strength and duration of the AI buildout — perhaps having entered another of its long digestion trading ranges (the last one went on for several months)?—
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On a late-September Friday night as warm as July, the Boston Red Sox kicked down the doors of October baseball for the first time since 2021, with a walk-off that will not be forgotten any time soon.—
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Set against a beige background, the blanket’s pattern features a warm yellow, sweet violet, and soft green.—
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After reviewing those court records, anyone with an ounce of humanity would come away furious at the criminal cover-up perpetrated against innocent young children by priests.—
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After going down 26-7 in the third quarter, the Eagles mounted a furious comeback at Lincoln Financial Field.—
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The following year, he was arrested on a misdemeanor trespassing charge after becoming agitated when he was told to leave a suburban Las Vegas casino.—
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Remember how agitated Laura got when Daniel scraped his knee mountain biking?—
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Kirk's death has sparked fervent debates on free speech across the country as workers lose or are suspended from their jobs over comments made about his assassination, The Associated Press reported.—
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As the characters’ dialogue speeds up and their gestures become more fervent, the audience can hear the fast, rhythmic whoosing of the characters’ blood flow and see pulsing human hearts on a large video screen.—
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“Feverish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feverish. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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