English-Danish translations for hectic

Definition of hectic

• Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin
• Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever
• Very busy with activity and confusion; feverish
• A hectic fever
• A flush like one produced by such a fever

Examples

• hectic fever
• The city center is so hectic at 8 in the morning that I go to work an hour beforehand to avoid the crowds

Related words

• cachectic
• hectically
• hecticness