Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

feverous

[fee-ver-uhs] / ˈfi vər əs /








Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is taking home a gold medal in the Paris Olympic Games, defeating China’s Yang Liu in the welterweight category after feverous attacks on her gender.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2024

It was a 6-on-4 for the Rangers, whose feverous push to force overtime wouldn’t be denied.

From Washington Post • May 8, 2012

A meek and shy quietist, his intellectual powers were never stimulated into feverous energy by crowds of proselytes, or by the ambition of proselyting.

From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob

Shall then the virtuous disobey Hosts of an aged king and sire, Though feverous joy that father sway, Or senseless love or causeless ire?

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

Not the milk of human kindness, but the feverous blood of savage ferocity, seemed to flow from her heart; and her whole figure suggested an idea of unmitigable energy, and an appetite gorged in malevolence.

From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "feverous" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com