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cabin fever

noun as in anxiety caused by living in isolation or indoors for a long period of time

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Thanks to a monster snowstorm that hit the area, the family had been cooped up inside for several days — and cabin fever was setting in.

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“With the temperature about to turn from frigid to a little warmer, it’s likely more New Yorkers may have cabin fever and more will want to come to our parks,” he said.

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You could create whole playlists exploring an individual element of weather, or a particular season — including the months of cabin fever, when the garden may be mostly out of reach.

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You can blame California’s wild winter for all sorts of havoc this spring and summer: moldy, leaking roofs, plagues of mosquitoes, cabin fever.

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This pure-hearted indie pop record is stuffed with radiant jams like living room romper “Risky Business Feeling” — a cabin fever combatant for early pandemic times.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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