cabin fever
Stir-crazy feeling
Cabin fever is the restlessness and irritability that come from being confined indoors too long, especially in winter or bad weather.
The term evokes isolation in a remote cabin, though it applies anywhere confinement breeds frustration: After three days of rain, the kids had serious cabin fever.
Extended to any prolonged restriction: Pandemic cabin fever drove people to desperate hobbies.
Isolation preventing disease transmission
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
- houseboundUnable to leave home
- snowboundConfined by winter weather
- shelter-in-placeRemain indoors for safety
house arrest · cooped up · shut-in · homebound · enclosure · curfew · isolation · containment
Restless from confinement
- antsyRestlessly eager or nervous
- fidgetyNervously unable to settle
- impatientUnwilling to wait
- edgyTense and irritable
agitated · twitchy · squirmy · jittery · restive · pent-up · overwrought · tense
Confined by winter weather
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- snowed inTrapped by winter weather
- fireplaceIndoor structure for burning
- hearthFireplace floor area
hibernation · icicles · freezing · frostbound · overcast · hunkered down · long nights · dark days
State of lacking companions
- solitudeState of being alone
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- alienationState of being isolated
detachment · estrangement · cut off · hermitage · reclusiveness · desolation · disconnection · sequestered
Wearisome dullness
- monotonyTiresome lack of change
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
sameness · repetition · dullness · languor · malaise · nothing to do · uninspired · idle
quarantine
Isolation preventing disease transmission
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
- houseboundUnable to leave home
- snowboundConfined by winter weather
shelter-in-place · house arrest · cooped up · shut-in · homebound · enclosure · curfew · isolation · containment · seclusion
stir-crazy
Restless from confinement
edgy · agitated · twitchy · squirmy · jittery · restive · pent-up · overwrought · tense · climbing the walls
snowbound
Confined by winter weather
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- snowed inTrapped by winter weather
- fireplaceIndoor structure for burning
hearth · hibernation · icicles · freezing · frostbound · overcast · hunkered down · long nights · dark days · polar vortex
loneliness
State of lacking companions
- solitudeState of being alone
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- withdrawalAct of taking away
alienation · detachment · estrangement · cut off · hermitage · reclusiveness · desolation · disconnection · sequestered
tedium
Wearisome dullness
- monotonyTiresome lack of change
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
stagnation · sameness · repetition · dullness · languor · malaise · nothing to do · uninspired · idle · restless
- wintersnow, ice, cold, frozen, frost
- summer camphiking, campfire stories, camp director, camping, camp counselor
- winter woessnowstorm, blizzard, frost, ice, freeze
- seasonal annoyancesmosquito, mosquitoes, pollen, allergies, sunburn
- seasonal moodswinter blues, holiday spirit, festive spirit, holiday cheer, festive cheer
- travel ailmentsjet lag, motion sickness, airsickness, seasickness, carsickness
cabin feverwanderlust
Craving for distant places
freedom · open road · wide open spaces · liberation · free as a bird
cabin feveragoraphobia
Fear of public spaces
social anxiety · reclusiveness · social phobia · nesting instinct · cocooning
cabin fevercontentment
Peaceful satisfaction with circumstances
serenity · peace of mind · domestic bliss · hygge · nesting