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Dim

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Definitions for Dim

verb
switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
Synonyms
dip
verb
become dim or lusterless
Examples
  1. the lights dimmed and the curtain rose
verb
make dim or lusterless
Examples
  1. Time had dimmed the silver
verb
make dim by comparison or conceal
Synonyms
blind
verb
become vague or indistinct
Synonyms
blur slur
Examples
  1. The distinction between the two theories blurred
adjective
lacking in light
Synonyms
subdued
Examples
  1. not bright or harsh
  2. a dim light beside the bed
  3. subdued lights and soft music
adjective
lacking clarity or distinctness
Synonyms
faint shadowy vague wispy
Examples
  1. a dim figure in the distance
  2. only a faint recollection
  3. shadowy figures in the gloom
  4. saw a vague outline of a building through the fog
  5. a few wispy memories of childhood
adjective
made dim or less bright
Synonyms
dimmed
Examples
  1. the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation
  2. dimmed headlights
  3. we like dimmed lights when we have dinner
adjective
offering little or no hope
Synonyms
black bleak
Examples
  1. the future looked black
  2. prospects were bleak
  3. Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge
  4. took a dim view of things
adjective
slow to learn or understand
Synonyms
dense dull dumb obtuse slow
Examples
  1. lacking intellectual acuity
  2. so dense he never understands anything I say to him
  3. never met anyone quite so dim
  4. although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray
  5. dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
  6. he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
  7. worked with the slow students

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