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fever pitch

Syllables: fe·ver pitchUK/ˈfiːvə pɪtʃ/US/ˈfivɚ pɪtʃ/

fever pitch noun: extreme excitement.

Noun

fever pitch (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) Extreme excitement.
    • [T]here was a wonderful exhilaration about it all: my blood was kept at fever-pitch1837, J. G. Lockhart, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Water Scott, Bart., volume i, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, page 312
    • After all the hype, all the fever pitch build-up, the encounter never really lived up to expectations – as is so often the case with derbies – and the atmosphere was even a little subdued at times.2013 November 3, Delme Parfitt, “Cardiff City 1 – 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win”, in Wales Online

fever pitch meaning in Bengali

fever pitch in Bengali

চরম উত্তেজনা

Examples of fever pitch in a sentence

  • The Second World War was reaching fever pitch, with the entire Allied effort in top gear for the imminent invasion of Europe, while later that month buzz bombs would start falling on London.2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:
  • It hit fever pitch over the past week with the resignation of Erik S.2025 September 27, “Inside the Trump Administration’s Push to Prosecute James Comey”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York...

Questions about fever pitch

What does fever pitch mean?
Fever pitch means extreme excitement.
What is fever pitch in Bengali?
Fever pitch in Bengali is চরম উত্তেজনা. See Fever pitch meaning in Bengali.
How do you use fever pitch in a sentence?
The Second World War was reaching fever pitch, with the entire Allied effort in top gear for the imminent invasion of Europe, while later that month buzz bombs would start falling on London.
What part of speech is fever pitch?
Fever pitch is a noun.
How do you pronounce fever pitch?
Fever pitch is pronounced /ˈfiːvə pɪtʃ/ (UK).

Words near fever pitch in the dictionary

  1. fever fog
  2. fever fogs
  3. fever grass
  4. fever grasses
  5. fever lurden
  6. fever pitch
  7. fever powder
  8. fever swamp
  9. fever swamps
  10. fever tea
  11. fever trap

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fever pitch (page history and authors); fever pitch (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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