fever

noun

ˈfē-vər How to pronounce fever (audio)
Definition of fevernext
1
as in disease
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning before the days of modern medicine, when death remained a mystery, people said that someone died of a fever and left it at that

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2
as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion in the fever of a political campaign a lot of things get said that never should have been said

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Recent Examples of fever People infected with salmonella can experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite and stomach cramps, the CDC said. — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026 The following July, Arnerich suffered from an unrelenting fever. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 While many mosquito species can spread harmful diseases, Aedes aegypti stands out as one of the most dangerous, responsible for spreading dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika virus, and yellow fever. — New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026 Three Florida counties have declared states of emergency amid the spread of dengue fever in the state. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fever
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fever
  1. disease
  2. frenzy
  3. illness
  4. rampage
  5. ailment
  6. ill
  7. sickness
Noun
  • Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia are difficult to study, in part because diagnosing the disease early in people is challenging.
    — Julie Moreno, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Younger demographics are being diagnosed with increasing cases of colon cancer, and people of color face disproportionately higher mortality rates from the disease.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of disease
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  • But sports markets are the main drivers of the prediction frenzy.
    — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The sports drink, launched in 2022 by two of YouTube’s biggest stars, manufactured a frenzy.
    — Keren Novack, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of frenzy
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  • Authorities have said Ervebo could offer some protection against Bundibugyo, but whether the vaccine can actually prevent illness is still being studied.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Blanchard has said her mother abused her for years and forced her to fake serious illnesses.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of illness
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  • The rampage-causing Godzilla is bigger than ever this time and heads to New York City for a global action epic.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
  • And, of course, there won’t be many people who want to defend someone in that position — or, indeed, listen to any hard-luck stories — now the details have been outlined in court about his motorway rampage.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
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  • Another handful of Panthers injuries to monitor The Panthers also have a few ailments to keep track of during the Week 5 bye.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026
  • This puzzle is stuffed with nuance, pleasing crosses and a lot of simply terrific, ridiculously evocative stuff — for example, a jarring assortment of lovely trivia intersecting with some hideous ailments at more than one juncture.
    — Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of ailment
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  • In the story, the duck doesn’t make it, and the now-ill patient didn’t wear any gloves while handling it.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The game’s maker, Paolo Pedercini, has long diagnosed the ills of modern capitalism through countercultural video games like Phone Story (2011), which depicted the exploitative supply chain of a smartphone.
    — Lewis Gordon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of ill
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  • Even the pancreas of a character’s unseen wife, the sickness in which AIG promises to double back and cure if only everyone keeps hurtling forward.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026
  • From sickness and ennui came the writing of an algorithm that would solve the underlying mathematics of the bomb.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of sickness

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