: an unhappy and impatient feeling that comes from being indoors for too long
She suffered from cabin fever during the long winter.
a bad case of cabin fever
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“Cabin fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/cabin%20fever. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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