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What are devouring dreams about?

Devouring is more than simply consuming. It is to consume with speed and vigor. It is to consume completely. The DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon insights from 1,200 dream symbols in over 200,000 dreams. Let’s see what the data has to say about devouring dreams.

The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with devouring dreams. These are the words that make devouring dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of devouring dreams can be illuminating about show devouring affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example devouring dreams at the bottom of the page.

The circular bar chart above shows how devouring in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that devouring is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that devouring is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, devouring dreams have more eating and drinking than 99.7% of dream symbols, more taste than 98.8% of dream symbols, and more smelling than 98.8% of dream symbols. On the other hand, devouring dreams have less romantic partners than 96.5% of dream symbols, less lucid dreams than 88.1% of dream symbols, and less peers than 87.6% of dream symbols. Notably, devouring dreams might be nightmares! Though even if these dreams are nightmares, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are bad dreams or that devouring is a bad thing to dream about. It just means that dreams of devouring are more likely to be nightmares than dreams of other things. Furthermore, dreams of devouring are aggressive! Devouring dreams have more aggressive interactions than 80% of all of the other dream symbols. Aggressive interactions involve attacks, arguments, yelling, pushing, killing, and so on. These dreams can be scary, stressful, or confusing. But, as with all dreams, it is best to explore what is there. Why was there aggression? Was it really aggression? Additionally, dreams of devouring are auditory! They focus on sounds and hearing. Dreaming is primarily a visual medium. We see in our dreams, but hearing is less dominant. It is interesting to explore why devouring in dreams could be related to hearing. Furthermore, dreams of devouring are smelly! These dreams have more words related to smells than 90% of all other dream symbols. This is surprising because smelling in dreams is relatively uncommon. Finally, dreams of devouring have more words related to taste than 90% of all other dream symbols. In other words, devouring dreams involve the perceptions of taste. Taste is a chemical sense. We taste things through interacting and touching the object we are tasting. Every dream is unique. These are general patterns observed in an analysis of over 200,000 dreams. This analysis is a tool to help you make sense of your dreams. It is best to look at the differences. See how your dream of devouring is different than dreams of devouring in general.

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How common are devouring dreams?

0.2% of dreams have the devouring symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 600 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is very rare.

Identification

How are devouring dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like devour. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols verbs and eating and drinking.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of devouring?

Devouring dreams are notable because they have substantially more emaciation, tyrants, antelopes, talismans, animas, Voldemort, baboons, quicksand, compensation, Yoda, harpoons than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of devouring?

Devouring do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.

Deep dive into devouring dreams

Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in devouring dreams.

Who is in dreams of devouring?

Who is in dreams of devouring?

Dreams of devouring are much more related to animals, much more related to insects, and more related to unnamed people than dreams in general. They are less related to peers, less related to family, and much less related to romantic partners.

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What are the emotions in dreams of devouring?

What are the emotions in dreams of devouring?

Dreams of devouring are more related to happiness, more related to grief and sorrow, and more related to embarrassment than dreams in general. They are less related to hatred.

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Where do dreams of devouring take place?

Where do dreams of devouring take place?

Dreams of devouring are more related to natural places and much more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to work, and less related to transportation.

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What happens in dreams of devouring?

What happens in dreams of devouring?

Devouring dreams are more related to aggressive acts, more related to disasters, and much more related to eating and drinking than dreams in general. They are less related to sex.

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How do dreams of devouring related to the type of dream it is?

How do dreams of devouring related to the type of dream it is?

Dreams of devouring are more related to nightmares and more related to sleep paralysis than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to recurring dreams, and less related to vivid dreams.

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How do dreams of devouring related the senses?

How do dreams of devouring related the senses?

Dreams of devouring are much more related to hearing, much more related to smelling, and much more related to taste than dreams in general.

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How can you make sense of devouring in dreams?

Devouring dreams are very rare. Among other things devouring dreams are nightmares, aggressive, focused on sounds, focused on smells, focused on taste, and focused on touch. Do you think this is true for your dream of devouring? How might your dream of devouring be different?

All dreams have meaning

All dreams have meaning

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

Look for the differences

Look for the differences

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience devouring in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Return to the feelings

Return to the feelings

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about devouring in dreams. See how you feel about devouring now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of devouring dreams

An interpretation of devouring dreams

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. When a dream uses “devour” to tell the story, it’s next-level symbolism above eating. It’s not just hunger, it’s voraciousness. It not just taking something into oneself, but doing it in a way that’s extreme. Otherwise, a dream can just show the symbolism as eating. It uses devouring for a reason. See: Eating To devour implies a huge need or appetite, not just for food but for intangible things such as attention or success. It can indicate powerful passion or desire. Being devoured can mean you fear loss of your identity, particularly in cases when someone dominates or smothers you, such as a dominant parental figure or an authority figure such as a boss or commanding officer. You can be devoured by stress or the daily grind. It’s not just eating at you, it’s eating you up. See: Cancer It can symbolize a desire to lose yourself, to disappear and never be seen again. See: Eating See also: Animals, Bears, Bosses, Dragons, Eating, Eating, Fathers, Food, Monsters, Mothers, Sharks

Examples of dreams of devouring

Reading dreams is one of the best ways to understand dream symbols. Even though the DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon data, it is grounded in the experience of reading thousands upon thousands of dreams. We invite you to read examples of devouring dreams for yourself. These dreams are actual dreams people have had. As result, they may contain racist, sexist, violent, or otherwise offense language and imagery. This can be true even for devouring dreams. Read at your own risk.

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