fever pitch


noun

a high degree of excitement, as of a gathering of people: The announcement of victory brought the crowd to fever pitch.

Origin of fever pitch

First recorded in 1910–15

Example sentences from the Web for fever pitch

  • A few weeks before the advance on Suez, I was in Jaffa, where the enthusiasm and excitement had been at fever-pitch.

    With the Turks in Palestine |Alexander Aaronsohn
  • Mrs Thornton was so enthusiastic in her praise, that she roused our curiosity to fever-pitch.

    The Fortunes of the Farrells |Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
  • He did not mind the hunger so much, but the lack of water caused him severe suffering and fanned his wrath to fever-pitch.

    The Call of the Wild |Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for fever pitch

fever pitch

noun

a state of intense excitement things were at fever pitch with the election coming up