Fever and Fettle

Opposite meaning words

Fever noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.

Usage example: before the days of modern medicine, when death remained a mystery, people said that someone died of a fever and left it at that

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Fettle is an antonym for fever.

Nearby Words: feverish, feverishly, fevered, feverous, fevering

Fettle noun - A state of being or fitness.

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Fever is an antonym for fettle.

Nearby Words: fettled, fettling

real fever

real fettle

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