Dreaming of Backbiting

backbite, badmouthing · mostly negative

Backbiting foretells a turn for the worse and worries at home.

What happens in the dream

  • Joining others in backbiting: things will go from good to bad
  • Friends backbiting you: worry caused by your children or household

How you felt

  • Guilt: the dream may reflect unease over words you regret
  • Suspicion: perhaps a fear of being talked about behind your back

Ask yourself

  • Have I said something lately that I regret?
  • What am I afraid people are saying about me?

See also Slander · Gossip · Enemy · Liar · Tongue

Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: badmouthing.

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