What does febrile mean?
Febrile means Feverish, or having a high temperature..
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/ˈfiːbɹaɪl/ · adjective
Feverish, or having a high temperature..
Aurora's orange sun (Baley scarcely noted the orange tinge now) was mildly warm on his back, lacking the febrile heat that Earth's sun had in summer (but, then, what was the climate and season on this portion of Aurora right now?).
An already febrile atmosphere within the ground before the start had been stoked still further when France's players formed an arrow formation to face down the haka, and then advanced slowly over halfway as the capacity crowd roared.
Out in the ground, meanwhile, it was particularly disappointing to hear former England captain Andrew Strauss put the febrile atmosphere down to “people who don’t normally come to Lord’s”.
Harry Potter has become such a febrile battleground that the pattern has already become well worn.
Use febrile when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Febrile means Feverish, or having a high temperature..
Common synonyms include flushed, hot, energetic, excited.
Possible antonyms include afebrile.
Aurora's orange sun (Baley scarcely noted the orange tinge now) was mildly warm on his back, lacking the febrile heat that Earth's sun had in summer (but, then, what was the climate and season on this portion of Aurora right now?).
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