Dream Dictionary

Distress

To dream that you or others are in distress, suggest that things will turn out better than you expected. You will find that all your worries were for nothing and need to lighten up.

Dictionary definition

  • n. 1: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress" [syn: distress, hurt, suffering]
  • 2: a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
  • 3: extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"
  • 4: the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien" [syn: distress, distraint]
  • v. 1: bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship [syn: straiten, distress]
  • 2: cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"