cabin fever
noun
: extreme irritability and restlessness from living in isolation or a confined indoor area for a prolonged time
Examples of cabin fever in a Sentence
She suffered from cabin fever during the long winter.
a bad case of cabin fever
Recent Examples on the Web
Future historians will pair Positions with Folklore as the yin and yang of lockdown culture, two experimental pop classics lost in cabin fever.
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2024
Strategically layering your clothes can make the difference between enjoying the outdoor activities winter has to offer and shivering, or worse still, staying stuck inside nursing cabin fever.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
Jakub is six months into that solo voyage and 500 million kilometers from home when cabin fever starts getting to him.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
If staying at home during your time off is bound to drive you stir-crazy, camping is a sure cure for cabin fever.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2023
There's just something about a Target trip that cures my cabin fever and all minor spats of anxiety.
—WIRED, 27 Nov. 2022
They are trapped inside their home and getting cabin fever by the minute.
—Leah Hall, Country Living, 17 July 2023
For local fans, Sunday’s Legendz of the Streetz Tour concert was the remedy for cabin fever.
—Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2023
Within the last few years as the pandemic raged on, as pool tables and ping-pong tables became hot commodities to stave off cabin fever, the market for home arcade machines skyrocketed, thanks to a handful of companies creating real-deal replicas with price tags in the hundreds, not the thousands.
—Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2022
Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2024
Strategically layering your clothes can make the difference between enjoying the outdoor activities winter has to offer and shivering, or worse still, staying stuck inside nursing cabin fever.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
Jakub is six months into that solo voyage and 500 million kilometers from home when cabin fever starts getting to him.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
If staying at home during your time off is bound to drive you stir-crazy, camping is a sure cure for cabin fever.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2023
There's just something about a Target trip that cures my cabin fever and all minor spats of anxiety.
—WIRED, 27 Nov. 2022
They are trapped inside their home and getting cabin fever by the minute.
—Leah Hall, Country Living, 17 July 2023
For local fans, Sunday’s Legendz of the Streetz Tour concert was the remedy for cabin fever.
—Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2023
Within the last few years as the pandemic raged on, as pool tables and ping-pong tables became hot commodities to stave off cabin fever, the market for home arcade machines skyrocketed, thanks to a handful of companies creating real-deal replicas with price tags in the hundreds, not the thousands.
—Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2022
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“Cabin fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cabin%20fever. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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