Shrink
To dream that you are shrinking, suggests that you lack self-confidence and self-esteem. You may also feel embarrassed about some situation.
Alternatively, the dream may refer to your childhood.
To see others shrink in your dream, indicates their insignificance. This may also be a pun on a psychologist and your need to consult one.
To see objects shrinking in your dream, indicates that they are not as important as they once were.
Dictionary definition
- n. 1: a physician who specializes in psychiatry [syn: psychiatrist, head-shrinker, shrink]
- v. 1: wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled" [syn: shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither]
- 2: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" [syn: flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail]
- 3: reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" [syn: shrink, reduce]
- 4: become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" [syn: shrink, contract] [ant: expand, spread out, stretch]
- 5: decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" [syn: shrink, shrivel]