feverish Syllabification: (fe·ver·ish)Pronunciation: /ˈfēv(ə)riSH/Translate feverish | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of feverish adjective having or showing the symptoms of a fever:he suffered from feverish colds displaying a frenetic excitement or energy:the next couple of weeks were spent in a whirl of feverish activityDerivatives feverishly adverb feverishness noun feverish in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of feverish in the British & World English dictionary