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cabin fever
noun
- a state characterized by anxiety, restlessness, and boredom, arising from a prolonged stay in a remote or confined place.
cabin fever
noun
- acute depression resulting from being isolated or sharing cramped quarters in the wilderness, esp during the long northern winter
Word History and Origins
Origin of cabin fever1
Idioms and Phrases
Distress or anxiety caused by prolonged confinement in a small or remote place, as in We've been snowed in for a week and everyone has cabin fever . Originating in the West, this term at first alluded to being penned up in a remote cabin during a long winter but has since been applied more broadly. [Late 1800s]Example Sentences
They think me and Rory have gotten cabin fever and been on set too long, just talking in this random language.
Then, Rubin sent it over to his college classmate, Evan Astrowsky, who produced Cabin Fever.
This very black sci-fi comedy is part 2001 satire, part Cabin Fever.
With all the activity seething around us, and with only Stein and myself to keep each other company, we were getting cabin fever.
Cabin fever no longer tormented them with its magnifying of little things.
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