feverish

Modifying Another Word

• too: Too feverish to rest, I rose as soon as day dawned.
• very: As darkness fell I was very feverish and drowsy so I must have fallen asleep.
• almost: Then, an almost feverish activity began, pervaded by a strong sense of delight at the unaccustomed freedom of choice.
• still: I have been visiting her for several days and she is still feverish and still has an infection.

Modifies a noun

• haste: The road was rugged, but still we seemed to fly over it with a feverish haste.
• anticipation: It's a promising development and there is feverish anticipation that this might be the first great video game adaptation.
• speculation: They turned to each other in groups to compare notes and trade feverish speculations.
• excitement: Then she smiled, and the poplar felt his heart give a bound of feverish excitement.
• illness: It is possibly some body chemical that is released during certain feverish illnesses rather than the temperature itself.
• pace: During the day it races around at a feverish pace - only to come to a complete stop once the sun goes down.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: I felt feverish all day; like I have the flu or something.
• become: She was restless and uncomfortable in every position, and before night she became very feverish.
• grow: But at various times of the year I'm wont to grow feverish.