jungle fever

Noun

Meaning

severe form of malaria occurring in tropical regions

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

sickness malaria miasma ague dengue fever dengue breakbone fever miasm paludism yellow fever chills and fever fever and ague marsh fever swamp fever tropical fever
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Hypernyms

malaria

Related terms

yellow fever black fever white fever blue fever Asian fever

Examples

His career picked up in the late eighties, with small appearances in Eddie Murphy's Coming to America and Martin Scorcese's Goodfellas, but his star did not rise until his appearance as a crack addict in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever. Source: Internet

So when he penned the soundtrack for Spike Lee's provocative 1991 film Jungle Fever, expectations were understandably managed. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

jungle country jungle crow jungle drums jungle flamboyant jungle fowl jungle glory