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Fevered

Disease
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Afflicted by or suggestive of fever, manifesting as heat, agitation, or restless excitement; poets use fevered imagery to convey intense passion, delirium, or the turbulent physiological responses of heightened emotion.

Detailed Definition
Fevered describes the bodily heat and unsettled consciousness of illness, but it also readily conveys emotional intensity. A fevered dream, prayer, night, or crowd may feel overheated, restless, and close to delirium. Poets often use the term to blur illness and desire, making passion seem both vital and dangerous. Its compact energy suits lyric moments of insomnia, hallucination, political urgency, or love that cannot cool itself.
Example
Example in poetry:
A fevered hand pressed against the windowpane, seeking coolness in the rain; The fevered city did not sleep, its streets bright with sirens and unrest; “Fevered dreams” allows images to become strange, intense, and unstable; The speaker’s fevered prayer rises quickly, showing desperation rather than calm devotion
Additional Notes
Combines literal fever with emotional heat. A fevered night, dream, or mind suggests restless, urgent agitation.
Also Known As
Feverish Febrile Inflamed
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