fever dream

English

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Noun

fever dream (plural fever dreams)

1. An intense or confusing dream, often caused by fever.
2. (by extension) Any intense, vivid and surreal experience.
   1. An outlandish and complex subject matter and plotline in media.

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Derived terms

• fever-dreamlike

Translations

an intense or confusing dream, often caused by fever

• Arabic: حُلْم الْحُمَّى m (ḥulm al-ḥummā), حُلْم مَحْمُوم m (ḥulm maḥmūm)
• Dutch: koortsdroom (nl) m
• Finnish: houreuni
• German: Fiebertraum (de) m
• Hungarian: lázálom (hu)
• Polish: sen na jawie m
• Russian: лихора́дочный сон m (lixorádočnyj son)
• Spanish: sueño febril m
• Swedish: feberdröm c

See also

• nightmare