feverish

Universal Words adjective 1 [usuallybeforenoun] showing strong feelings of excitement or worry, often with a lot of activity or quick movements: The whole place was a scene of feverish activity. * a state of feverish excitement * He worked with feverish haste. * feverish with desire / longing 2 suffering from a fever; caused by a fever: She was aching and feverish. * a feverish cold / dream / sleep feverishly adverb: The team worked feverishly to the November deadline. * Her mind raced feverishly.