Febrile

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
febrile
    adj 1: of or relating to or characterized by fever; "a febrile
           reaction caused by an allergen" [syn: {febrile},
           {feverish}] [ant: {afebrile}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Febrile \Fe"brile\ (?; 277), a. [F. f['e]brile, from L. febris
   fever. See {Fever}.]
   Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it;
   as, febrile symptoms; febrile action. --Dunglison.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "febrile":
      ablaze, afire, ardent, at fever pitch, boiling, boiling over,
      breathless, burning, burning with excitement, cordial, delirious,
      drunk, enthusiastic, excited, exuberant, fanatical, fervent,
      fervid, fevered, feverish, feverous, fiery, flaming, flushed,
      frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, glowing, hearty, heated,
      hectic, het up, hot, hyperpyretic, hyperthermic, hysteric,
      impassioned, in a fever, in rut, infatuated, inflamed, insane,
      intense, intoxicated, keen, lively, on fire, overanxious,
      overdesirous, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous, passionate,
      perfervid, pyretic, red-hot, seething, sexually excited, steaming,
      steamy, ultrazealous, unrestrained, vigorous, warm, wild,
      zealous

    

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