Defeat

To dream of defeat represents a sense of loss or disappointment. Feeling beaten. Difficulty accepting something you don't like. Suffering under terrible conditions. Feeling like a failure or that you couldn't meet higher standards. Feelings about to accept that a relationship is over. Feeling overcome or that you can't put up with something or that a challenge was too much for you. A bleak situation. Feelings about not being the strongest person. Feelings about losing power. Feeling that all your efforts or perseverance was for nothing. Feelings that someone was more conservative than you about winning or not giving up. Disliking having to give up. Feeling ill-equipped to confront or resist a problem. Questing whether or not you should give up.

Example: A man dreamed of defeat. In waking life he was feeling overcome by the cold winter that made working in it too difficult.

Example 2: A young man dreamed of considering whether or not he should accept defeat. In waking life felt closed off from friends.

Dolls

To dream of a doll represents feelings about behavior that's innocent about harmlessly complying with whatever it's told while keeping appearances intact. Behavior that molds or complies to your wishes because you liked it to while keeping appearances intact. Your expectations of other people doing what you want because they are innocent or young. Feelings about people, relationships, or aspects of yourself that are emotionally passive, controllable, or expected to behave a certain way without questioning it. Children may dream of dolls to represent their feelings about themselves innocently doing exactly what their parents tell them to do.

Alternatively, a doll may represent your own tendency to be perfect for someone else. Feelings about yourself being well behaved and perfectly compliant. Acting like a "perfect little girl."

Negatively, a doll may represent feelings about other people naively or passively complying with exactly what you want them to. Waking life situations where you are controlling someone who never disagrees with you. Treating people as though they exist only to fulfill roles or expectations. Arrogantly assuming that someone else is too stupid or little to think for themselves.

To dream that a doll comes to life may represents feelings of surprise that someone passive and harmlessly compliant is thinking for themselves.

To dream of a doll turning into a dinosaur or monster may represent your feelings about passive and harmlessly compliant people turning on you. Gentle or innocent people beginning to assert themselves or stick up for themselves. Conflict with people who don't like to be patronized or spoken to like they are stupid. Total embarrassment that you have thought too highly of yourself with someone.

Example: A young girl dreamed of her doll becoming mean to her. She feared and hated the doll in the dream. In waking life, she was going through puberty and having issues with her mother no longer treating like like a little girl anymore. In this case, the doll may have reflected her feelings about herself disliking being told to grow up for the first time, and no longer being treated like an innocent, passive, obedient little girl who was expected to harmlessly comply with her mother's wishes without questioning them.

Lose

To dream of losing a possession or something you own represents power, resources, or feelings that you can't have any more. You may be experiencing a significant life change or recently had to stop doing something that made you feel special or important. Feelings about yourself being a loser. Awareness of yourself being jealous. Poor self-image, feeling self-conscious, or a loss of confidence. Fear of your competition being better than you or that you will lose an opportunity.

To dream of losing a competition represents feelings of not being good enough. You may have lost an opportunity that you thought was important. Jealousy that you are not good enough. Jealousy of problems or people you don't like being unstoppable.

Example: A woman dreamed of lost her purse. In waking life she had to give up her Church duties because of other family responsibilities. The church duties gave her a strong purpose in life which she felt she lost.

Example 2: A man dreamed of fearing losing a battle against killer crabs. In waking life he was fearing losing serious health battle.

Example 3: A young man dreamed of sulking after an embarrassing loss. In waking life he had lost his friends who didn't want to talk to him anymore.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of losing. In waking life she was feeling anxiety and jealousy about the potential to loss out on an opportunity to date a guy she liked because other women were also interested in him.

Purse

To dream of a purse represents your identity or sense of self. Thoughts, feelings, or life situations that give you confidence, power, or make you feel complete as a person. A purse can also reflect emotional dependency, or things you need in order to feel complete, whole, or confident. Feelings about your identity.

Losing your purse may symbolize losing touch with who you are, or giving up habits or life situations that make you feel confident, or complete as a person. A loss of identity. Women who are dealing with unfamiliar situations that make them feel insecure often dream of losing their purses.

Example: A woman dreamed of returning to her church to pick up a purse that she had forgotten. In waking life she had for years given up certain privileges in her church to make time for family and had only recently had her church privileges reinstated. The purse reflects her sense of identity and emotional needs associated with having the extra responsibility in the church.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of leaving her purse inside her finance's car trunk. In waking life she felt that moving in with her fiance was robbing her of her ability to feel that she had an independent identity. She felt living with him only allowed her to be independent under his terms since it was his house.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of seeing a red purse that was so heavy it required two men to carry it. In waking life she was having sex with two men and was just starting to have her period. The red purse may have reflected her feelings about her feminine identity being that of being a sexually attractive woman who had to make her men wait for menstrual period to end before continuing to have sex with them both again.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of losing her purse. In waking life she had lung disease and felt that she was losing her identity to the illness as her health and finances got worse fighting the illness.

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Ring

To dream of a ring represents commitment being impressive or admirable. Commitment to a relationship or to a new endeavor. Promises made. A reflection of your loyalty to your ideals, responsibilities, beliefs, or other people. Alternatively, a ring may also reflect your desire for commitment. Hoping that someone will want to have a romantic relationship with you.

Negatively, dreaming about a ring may reflect the jealousy of someone else's committed relationship. You may feel that a committed relationship with someone is unattainable or impossible. A commitment to immorality, crime, or evil.

To dream of a gold ring represents feelings of commitment tied to something that feels impressive with being valuable or important to keep. A commitment or promise that is guaranteed. Commitment to relationships that feel too valuable to lose. Feelings about secure relationships, commitments, or promises. It may also reflect your desire for loyalty, security, or permanence.

To dream of a silver ring represents feelings of commitment tied to something that feels good being lucky or intuitive about nothing you do looking strange. Looking good being lucky that you met someone you are committed to. Being committed to a job you feel lucky to have. Being committed to something you don't want to be committed to because your life is luckier with it than without it.

To dream of losing a ring represents feelings about a lost commitment or broken promise. Falling out of love with someone or losing your attraction to someone. Unexpected changes that make you lose your original interest in a person or plan.

To dream of a damaged ring represents feelings about deterioration with long-term commitments or relationships. Betrayal that makes it more difficult to maintain your commitment or promises. Making a lot of effort to maintain your commitments. Difficulty believing in promises or commitments after experiencing dishonesty of some sort.

To dream of washing a ring may reflect feelings about needing to renew a bond or commitment. Unaddressed feelings about needing to make up with a partner. A wish to restore a relationship to its former state.

Example: A woman dreamed of seeing a man she liked wearing a wedding ring. In waking life, she desired to have a serious commitment from this man. In this case, the wedding ring may have reflected her hopes and desires for a committed relationship with the man she liked.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of being happy to find an antique diamond ring at the bottom of a swimming pool, but that later was gone. In waking life, she was trying to reconcile her relationship with her boyfriend, expecting all to go back to normal, but in the end the relationship couldn't recover. In this case, the diamond ring may have reflected her hopes for a restored perfectly committed relationship.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of having a "God ring" on her finger. In waking life, she was having concerns about her faith and her loyalty to God. In this case, the "God ring" may have reflected her feelings about her commitment to her faith.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of feeling that it was important to wash her ring to restore it to its previous color. In waking life, she was having relationship issues with her partner with whom she was separated from. She felt it was important to speak to her partner about their love for each other to renew their bond. In this case, washing her ring to restore it to its previous color may have reflected her desire to renew and refresh their commitment to each other and restore the relationship to its former state.

Example 5: A young woman dreamed of having silver rings on her fingers. In waking life, she didn't like her job and didn't like the people that she worked with, but stayed because the company offered benefits during COVID while she was divorced. In this case, the silver rings may have reflected her commitment to her job and the people she worked for because it was luckier than running her own business during COVID-19.

Example 6: A woman dreamed of having a silver ring with diamonds on it. In waking life, she met a man 8 months previous who kept making arrangements to meet her, but he kept canceling the plans. In this case, the silver ring may have reflected her commitment to waiting to meet the man she felt lucky with coincidence to have met.

Example 7: A woman dreamed of her ex-boyfriend walking up to her to give her a gold ring. In waking life, she was asking God if her ex-boyfriend was the right one for her or if it was best to let him go. In this case, the gold ring may have reflected her feelings of potential commitment to her ex-boyfriend as someone who was too valuable to let go for the rest of her life.

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Teeth

To dream of teeth represents your vitality and self-confidence. A reflection of how good you feel about your physical appearance, talents, or anything that gives you status or power. Feelings about how permanently confident you are capable of being.

To dream of teeth falling out represents a loss of power, confidence, or self-esteem in some area of your life. A corrosive situation or feelings of a loss of vitality. Dreams of teeth falling out are common to people aging or who feel they are losing their looks. It's also common to people who are losing money, a career, or status of some kind. Feelings about a loss of permanent confidence.

To dream of extracting teeth may represent a a deliberate and proactive effort to remove something that is causing a loss of vitality, confidence, or self-esteem in some area of the dreamer's life. It may symbolize a desire or need to take control of a corrosive situation or to regain lost vitality. This dream may also indicate a willingness to sacrifice or let go of something in order to move forward and regain control. The act of extracting teeth may be a metaphor for taking decisive action to address a problem or issue that has been causing a loss of power or confidence. The act of extracting teeth may also represent a painful process of letting go, indicating that the dreamer may be struggling with the decision to move on from something or someone that has been causing them harm or holding them back.

To dream of a gap in your front teeth represents insecurities about your self-confidence. You may feel that others don't perceive you as confident as you feel you should be, or that your confidence is never quite as perfect as you want it to be. Feeling that you are not the best, but you are not hated. This insecurity may stem from a sensitivity to criticism or a focus on perceived flaws that you constantly wish to improve. Confidence that doesn't want other people to bring up your problem. Feelings about not being perfect and being happy about it. Confidence is getting away with not being perfect. Alternatively, a gap in the teeth of another person may represent your view of another person or situation that you don't want to say anything about out loud having anything else wrong with it.

To dream of animals with sharp teeth often represents feelings of anger or aggression. You may feel a sense of fury towards a person or situation, or feel that someone else is angry with you. The sharpness of the teeth can symbolize the intensity of these emotions, and the potential for harm or destruction. In some cases, the dream may represent someone else's "biting anger" directed towards you, making you feel attacked or threatened. It's important to examine the specific type of animal and context of the dream to gain further insight into its meaning.

To dream of being toothless represents a total loss of confidence, power, or vitality. You or someone else may have experienced a setback that has caused a loss power, status, or vitality in some way which has led to feelings of insecurity and vulnerability. Bad news, misfortune, or ill health are getting in the way.

To dream of brushing teeth represents feelings about reinforcing confidence in your strengths and abilities. preparation, practice, or maintenance to keep yourself feeling confident and ready to face the world. ou may be concerned about how others perceive you and may be taking steps to ensure that you do not appear weak or vulnerable in their eyes. Concerns about maintaining your appearance to other people as you strive to present yourself in the best possible light. Trying your best to maintain a good appearance and positive self-image.

Negatively, dreaming about brushing your teeth may reflect a preoccupation with appearances. Anxiety about looking bad to other people. An excessive need to reassure yourself. An excessive need to maintain impressive appearances. Issues with vanity. Fear of looking weak or lazy. The dreamer may be overly concerned with how others perceive them, leading to a constant need to present oneself in the best possible light.

To dream of broken teeth represents feelings a flaw or weakness in one's character or abilities that can no longer be hidden or ignored. This flaw may be something that has always been present but has been overlooked, or it could be a new development that has arisen and needs to be addressed. A flaw is now visible and cannot be concealed or covered up any longer. A need to confront and address one's weaknesses or limitations, to take steps to overcome them, and to work towards self-improvement. The dream may be a call to action, urging the dreamer to face their challenges head-on and to not let their flaws hold them back. Alternatively, the broken tooth may represent a warning that if the issue is not addressed, it may continue to worsen and have greater consequences in the future. Feeling that your confidence has been broken. Feeling that you need to restore confidence or prove yourself regain confidence.

Example: A woman dreamed of her teeth falling out. In real life she was insecure about her looks because she was aging. In this case the teeth falling out may have reflected dreamer's insecurities and anxieties about growing older and losing her youthful charm.

Example 2: A young woman dreamed of seeing herself with gap in her teeth. In real life she felt like she wasn't good looking enough for a guy she liked. In this case the gap in the teeth may have reflected her feelings about looking her best wasn't good enough while the guy she liked didn't hate her.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of brushing her teeth in public when the battery in the electric toothbrush died. In waking life an expensive fee was required to secure an important business opportunity and she couldn't afford the fee because her budget for the year wouldn't allow it. Brushing her teeth in public in this case may have reflected her responsible management of her budget to keep her business looking confident that nothing is wrong while being unable to hide why she wasn't paying the expensive fee.

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Thin

To dream of a person or thing that is too thin represents a lack of strength and integrity. You or some aspect of your personality is ineffective or unable to stand up for yourself.

In a positive context dreaming of being thin may symbolize better choices you are making, more success you are experiencing, or more confidence you are feeling. Feeling powerful or deserving in some area of your waking life.

Tigers

To see a tiger in your dream, represents an aspect of your personality that has unquestioned power. Issues or people that have total power over you. Tigers often symbolize a problem or powerful fear that you'll do absolutely everything to avoid confronting. A tiger may also reflect a powerful misconception you have. A lie or misunderstanding that heavily influences you.

Alternatively, a tiger may reflect your own unquestioned authority. Feeling other people fear confronting you.

Negatively, a tiger may reflect an unquestioned fear. Running away from problems based on assumptions. Rumors that scare you. Assuming that your enemies have more power than you without question. A lack of critical thinking about something serious you've heard. Feeling that problem is too dangerous to even consider thinking about confronting and choosing to run away from it as a first option. A naive fear you have. Alternatively, it may reflect your own abuse of rumors, other people's inexperience, or others misconceptions about you.

To dream of a friendly tiger may represent a belief or situation that erases all your fears or problems. It may also reflect power you hold over others.

To see a blue tiger in a dream represents a positive belief that overpowers other priorities. A genuine belief that something is so positive that it's more important than anything else. Negatively, a blue tiger may reflect misunderstanding something that you have good intentions about and are placing too much priority on.

Example: A young man dreamed of seeing a tiger that turned out to be fake. In real life he was facing the prospect of going bankrupt before realizing it wasn't as serious as he thought it was. The tiger reflected the fear of financial ruin that took precedence over everything else in his life.

Example 2: A young man dreamed of seeing a white tiger biting his hand. In waking life he did whatever his girlfriend told him because he feared her breaking up with him for something he said.

Example 3: A teenage boy dreamed of a tiger chasing him in his car. In waking life he had just gotten his license and was terrified of having a car accident or getting a speeding ticket because he parents might take the car away.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of seeing someone trying to scare away tigers by yelling at them and feeling herself being very afraid. In waking life she had serious financial difficulties and feared being truthful to her debtors would make her life a lot worse. The tigers in this case may have reflected her powerful and scary assumptions about her debtors ability to seize her property or cut off credit instantly.

Example 5: A woman dreamed of her boyfriend feeding crackers to tigers. In waking life her boyfriend had been offered a a very exclusive job that would dramatically alter their lives if he choose to take it. The tigers in the dream may have reflected her fear of her boyfriend's job being too important to him to avoid taking which might alter their relationship in ways she didn't want.

Example 6: A woman dreamed of seeing a tiger pursue her and then saw the tiger change into a hyena. In waking life she was bothered by a man pursuing her for sex and didn't like confronting the man to his face with his male chauvinistic attitude.

Unemployed

To dream of being unemployed or jobless represents feelings about yourself not having anything important to do. Feeling inadequate or that you are not good enough or aren't needed. It may also reflected feelings of being stagnated in life or having low self-worth. Feeling that you are not being utilized to your fullest potential.

Alternatively, being unemployed may reflect feelings of having lost a sense of responsibility or obligation for something in your life. Examples may be kids growing up and not needing you, technology removing the need for a chore to be done, or friends no longer needing you to do something for them.