Dim

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Definitions:

Noun

Definition: Dimness.

Verb

dim dip

Definition: switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

dim

Definition: become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"

dim

Definition: make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"

blind dim

Definition: make dim by comparison or conceal

blur dim slur

Definition: become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

Definition: To make something less bright.

Adjective

dim subdued

Definition: lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"

dim faint shadowy vague wispy

Definition: lacking clarity or distinctness; "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"

dimmed dim

Definition: made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"

black bleak dim

Definition: offering little or no hope; "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"

dense dim dull dumb obtuse slow

Definition: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "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 make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

Definition: Not bright or colorful.