What Does It Mean to Dream About Defeat?

To dream of defeat represents a sense of loss or disappointment. Feeling beaten. Difficulty accepting something you don't like. Suffering under terrible conditions. Feeling like a failure or that you couldn't meet higher standards. Feelings about to accept that a relationship is over. Feeling overcome or that you can't put up with something or that a challenge was too much for you. A bleak situation. Feelings about not being the strongest person. Feelings about losing power. Feeling that all your efforts or perseverance was for nothing. Feelings that someone was more conservative than you about winning or not giving up. Disliking having to give up. Feeling ill-equipped to confront or resist a problem. Questing whether or not you should give up.

Example: A man dreamed of defeat. In waking life he was feeling overcome by the cold winter that made working in it too difficult.

Example 2: A young man dreamed of considering whether or not he should accept defeat. In waking life felt closed off from friends.