Backward
To dream that you are walking or moving backward, signifies that what you are doing may be counter-productive. What you are seeking in life appears to be moving away from you. Thus you may be feeling a sense of failure or believe that you are unable to achieve your goals and aspirations.
On the other hand, moving backward in your dream may symbolize that you should back off or retreat in a situation you may be facing in your waking life.
Dictionary definition
- adv. 1: at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" [syn: back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards] [ant: forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards]
- 2: in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward" [syn: backward, backwards]
- 3: in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" [syn: back, backward] [ant: ahead, forward]
- adj. 1: directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view" [ant: forward]
- 2: (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover" [ant: forward]
- 3: retarded in intellectual development [syn: backward, half- witted, slow-witted, feebleminded]
- 4: having made less than normal progress; "an economically backward country"