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1. | [ adjective ] lacking in light; not bright or harsh | |
Synonyms: | subdued | |
Examples: | "a dim light beside the bed" "subdued lights and soft music" |
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Related terms: | dark | |
2. | [ adjective ] lacking clarity or distinctness | |
Synonyms: | faint vague wispy shadowy | |
Examples: | "a dim figure in the distance" "only a faint recollection" "shadowy figures in the gloom" "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog" "a few wispy memories of childhood" |
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Related terms: | indistinct | |
3. | [ verb ] become dim or lusterless | |
Examples: | "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose" |
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Related terms: | change | |
4. | [ verb ] become or make darker | |
Synonyms: | darken | |
Examples: | "The screen darkened" "He darkened the colors by adding brown" |
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Related terms: | brighten change_intensity dimmer | |
5. | [ verb ] make dim by comparison or conceal | |
Synonyms: | blind | |
Related terms: | darken | |
6. | [ verb ] switch a car's headlights from a higher to a lower beam | |
Synonyms: | dip | |
Related terms: | change_intensity | |
7. | [ adjective ] made dim or less bright | |
Synonyms: | dimmed | |
Examples: | "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation" "dimmed headlights" "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner" |
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Related terms: | undimmed low-beam | |
8. | [ adjective ] slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity | |
Synonyms: | dumb slow dull obtuse dense | |
Examples: | "so dense he never understands anything I say to him" "never met anyone quite so dim" "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray "dumb officials" |
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Related terms: | stupid | |
9. | [ verb ] make dim or lusterless | |
Examples: | "Time had dimmed the silver" |
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Related terms: | darken | |
10. | [ adjective ] offering little or no hope | |
Synonyms: | bleak black | |
Examples: | "the future looked black" "prospects were bleak" "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge "took a dim view of things" |
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Related terms: | hopeless | |
11. | [ verb ] become vague or indistinct | |
Synonyms: | slur blur | |
Examples: | "The distinction between the two theories blurred" |
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Related terms: | focus weaken obliterate gloss_over | |
Similar spelling: |
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