febrileadjective
uk/ˈfiː.braɪl/us/ˈfeb.rɪl/febrile adjective (ACTIVE)
literary extremely active, or too excited, imaginative, or emotional:
She sang with febrile intensity.
He has a febrile imagination.
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Becoming too excited and easily upset
- ant
- antsy
- at the end of your tether idiom 1
- at the end of your tether
- be in a whirl idiom
- explosive
- high-strung
- highly strung
- hot under the collar idiom
- hyper
- hyperactive
- hysteria
- sensitive
- shock
- squeamishly
- stomach
- tether
- thin-skinned
- touchy
- worked up
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febrile adjective (FEVER)
specialized medical caused by a fever:
febrile convulsions
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Fevers & infectious diseases
- ague
- burn up
- chickenpox
- chlamydia
- dengue
- diphtheria
- Ebola
- EHF
- EVD
- feverish
- malaria
- pestilence
- plague
- polio
- quarantine
- scarlatina
- Staphylococcus infection
- typhoid fever
- yeast infection
- yellow fever
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