Hectic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characterized by intense activity, confusion, or haste: "There was nothing feverish or hectic about his vigor” ( Erik Erikson).
  • adj. Medicine Of, relating to, or being a fever that fluctuates during the day, as in tuberculosis or septicemia.
  • adj. Consumptive; feverish.
  • adj. Flushed.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of a fever, pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin.
  • adj. Very busy with activity and confusion; feverish.
  • n. A hectic fever.
  • n. A flush like one produced by such a fever.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption
  • adj. In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive.
  • n. Hectic fever.
  • n. A hectic flush.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Habitual; marking a particular habit or condition of body: applied to fever of the form presented in phthisis, characterized by marked diurnal remissions and exacerbations, and accompanied with flushed cheeks, hot skin, and emaciation.
  • Pertaining to or affected with such fever; feverish; consumptive: as, a hectic flush.
  • n. A hectic fever; a wasting away, attended by heightened color.
  • n. A hectic flush.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. marked by intense agitation or emotion
  • Equivalent
    agitated   
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    apoplectic    dialectic    eclectic    pectic   
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    feverish    stressful    purplish    unhealthy    fevered    vivid    fitful    rosy    livid    tempestuous