as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
the exhilarating feverishness of the final stages of a political campaign
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feverishness
Noun
-
It's been a little over a week since Sydney Sweeney's new ads for the American Eagle brand set the internet into a frenzy, and now the brand is speaking its piece.—
Mekishana Pierre,
EW.com,
1 Aug. 2025 -
The movie that started the Skywalker saga and arguably created Hollywood’s franchise frenzy is flying back into theaters.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
-
In January 2015, John Lee, 29, killed three people, including his adoptive mother, and injured a fourth during a shooting rampage in Moscow.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
10 July 2025
-
The police would arrest and release two suspects before finally arresting Danny Rolling, a Shreveport, La., native who would later confess to a triple homicide in his hometown and shooting his own father in the weeks before his Gainesville rampage.—
Jeremy Helligar,
People.com,
5 July 2025
Noun
-
Usually, people suffer flu-like symptoms, fever, headaches, muscle stiffness, sometimes confusion and/or seizures.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
1 Aug. 2025
-
Symptoms typically include cough, fever, headaches, muscle aches, shortness of breath, as well as confusion, diarrhea, or nausea and others.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Feverishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feverishness. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share