Dreaming of Cruelty

cruelty, brutality · negative

Cruelty in a dream, suffered or inflicted, foretells setbacks and loss.

What happens in the dream

  • Cruelty is shown to others: you will set them an unpleasant task that will cost you in the end
  • Cruelty is shown to you: trouble and disappointment in some dealings

How you felt

  • Hurt: the dream often reflects harshness you have suffered
  • Guilt: you may fear you have been too harsh

Ask yourself

  • Who has been harsh with me lately?
  • Have I been unfair to someone?

See also Violence · Torture · Beating · Malice · Hate

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

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