Melancholy
Melancholy felt over an event often touches disappointment in what you'd thought would go well, and, for lovers, the threat of separation. The dream may ask where a hoped-for thing is sinking into sadness, and whether the heaviness settling over you reflects a real reversal or a gloom you can still find your way back out of.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for melancholy, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream that you feel melancholy over any event, is a sign of disappointment in what was thought to be favorable undertakings.
To dream that you see others melancholy, denotes unpleasant interruption in affairs. To lovers, it brings separation.