fevered dream
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describes a dream that is intense, strange, or nightmarish, as if experienced during a fever
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Examples (10)
- The horror movie gave him a fevered dream that woke him in a cold sweat.
- She described her fevered dream as a chaotic mix of memories and fears.
- After the accident, he was haunted by a recurring fevered dream.
- The medication caused her to experience a strange fevered dream about flying.
- His fevered dream was so vivid that he couldn't distinguish it from reality.
- The artist's paintings were inspired by a fevered dream he had during illness.
- She woke from a fevered dream feeling disoriented and confused.
- The stress of exams triggered a fevered dream about falling endlessly.
- His fevered dream involved impossible landscapes and talking animals.
- The writer based her novel on a disturbing fevered dream from childhood.