What is another word for Fevering?

Pronunciation: [fˈiːvəɹɪŋ] (IPA)

Fevering is a term used to describe a condition where the body temperature is elevated above the normal range. There are various synonyms for this word which includes pyrexia, high temperature, febricity, febrility, and hyperthermia. Pyrexia is a medical term used to describe an elevated body temperature that is a result of an underlying medical condition. High temperature means a rise in the degree of heat and is a synonym for fever. Febricity is the formal term for fever whereas, febrility is another term often used to describe the same condition. Hyperthermia is a more severe term used to describe a very high temperature, often caused by heatstroke or other serious conditions.

What are the hypernyms for Fevering?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Fevering

But neither Catharine nor Alice was aware of it, except in so far as it played obscurely on Alice's tortured nerves, Fevering and goading them the more.
"The Case of Richard Meynell"
Mrs. Humphrey Ward
The plight of this handful of human beings worked in Marcella like some Fevering torture.
"Marcella"
Mrs. Humphry Ward
Mr. William Watson, writing in the shade of the Emperor Yew by Newlands Corner, thought of the Roman legionaries encamped on Farley Heath below the downs, and one of the finest passages in the poem he made there belongs half to the yew and half to Farley:- Nay, hid by thee from Summer's gaze That seeks in vain this couch of loam, I should behold, without amaze, Camped on yon down the hosts of Rome, Nor start though English woodlands heard The selfsame mandatory word As by the Cataracts of the Nile Marshalled the legions long ago, Or where the lakes are one blue smile 'Neath pageants of Helvetian snow, Or 'mid the Syrian sands that lie Sick of the day's great tearless eye, Or on barbaric plains afar, Where, under Asia's Fevering ray, The long lines of imperial war O'er Tigris passed, and with dismay In fanged and iron deserts found Embattled Persia closing round, And 'mid their eagles watched on high The vultures gathering for a feast, Till, from the quivers of the sky, The gorgeous star-flight of the East Flamed, and the bow of darkness bent O'er Julian dying in his tent.
"Highways and Byways in Surrey"
Eric Parker

Related words: fever symptoms, fever types, fever treatment, fever sore throat, low fever, high fever, feverish symptoms

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