fevered dream

Frequency: 4.00.5 per million words

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.