The Curious Dreamer’s Dream Dictionary

by Nancy Wagaman
Coughing a lot can represent: A feeling or fear of having trouble expressing yourself or speaking up for yourself.

Something that’s bothering you or that you refuse to accept (as in having something “stuck in your craw”).

Feeling that something is keeping you from living life fully.

See Breathing, Lung, Cold, Mucus

Little Giant Encyclopedia

by Klaus Vollmar
A negative answer in a very important matter; fear of the future and dissatisfaction. Coughing is almost always connected to an unconscious need for distance and rejection.

See Cold, Lung.

Islamic Dream Interpretation

by Ibn Seerin
(Pay, Compensate, Render) In a dream, coughing means complaining about something or reporting someone to the authorities. Ifone’s cough is severe to near suffocation, then it means his death. Coughing in a dream is also interpreted as intending to report or complain about someone, but one may call off his drive.