Dreaming of a Knife
knife, blade · very negative
A knife is a bad omen: separation, quarrels and losses.
What happens in the dream
- Rusty knives: discontent at home and lovers parting
- Broken knives: defeat, in love or business
- Stabbing someone: a base streak of character, to be worked on
- A knife: separation, quarrels and business losses
- Sharp, polished knives: worry, with enemies all around
- Being wounded with a knife: trouble at home involving disobedient children; if you're single, possible disgrace
How you felt
- Hostility: the dream often reflects a sharp tension in a relationship
- Fear: a sense of being threatened, or of hurting someone
Ask yourself
- Which relationship has turned cutting?
- Do I need to make a clean decision?
See also Knives · Dagger · Sword · Wound · Quarrel
Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: blade.