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Synonyms for dim
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Princeton's WordNet
dim, subdued(adj)
lacking in light; not bright or harsh
"a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"
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dull, low-key, hushed, dumb, dense, muted, soft, dimmed, black, quiet, vague, subdued, low-keyed, faint, wispy, obtuse, shadowy, bleak, slowdim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy(adj)
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"
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weak, shady, dull, wraithlike, dumb, shadowed, dense, faint-hearted, timid, undefined, swooning, dimmed, black, umbrageous, vague, fainthearted, subdued, feeble, faint, lightheaded, obscure, wispy, obtuse, light, shadowy, light-headed, wisplike, bleak, slowdimmed, dim(adj)
made dim or less bright
"the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"
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faint, dull, obtuse, shadowy, dense, slow, vague, dumb, dimmed, wispy, black, bleak, subduedblack, bleak, dim(adj)
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"
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blackened, cutting, fatal, subdued, bootleg, faint, disgraceful, slow, calamitous, dumb, dark, dense, bare, raw, black, fateful, wispy, smuggled, inglorious, desolate, pitch-dark, pitch-black, grim, mordant, stark, dull, contraband, dimmed, shameful, disastrous, smutty, shadowy, barren, ignominious, vague, bleak, black-market, opprobrious, obtuse, sinisterdense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow(verb)
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"
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vague, ho-hum, muted, sluggish, subdued, deadening, faint, mute, slow, thudding, boring, dumb, dense, irksome, black, silent, wispy, heavy, purblind, muffled, tedious, impenetrable, dull, dimmed, speechless, shadowy, tiresome, softened, bleak, thick, wearisome, obtuse, leadendim, dip(verb)
switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
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plunge, blur, douse, souse, dip, slur, duck, sink, blind, dunkdim(verb)
become dim or lusterless
"the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
dim(verb)
make dim or lusterless
"Time had dimmed the silver"
blind, dim(verb)
make dim by comparison or conceal
blur, dim, slur(verb)
become vague or indistinct
"The distinction between the two theories blurred"
Synonyms:
smear, glaze over, smudge, slur, blur, blear, dip, obnubilate, obscure, blind, confuse, film over, smutch
English Synonyms and Antonyms
dim
Strictly, that which is black is absolutely destitute of color; that which is dark is absolutely destitute of light. In common speech, however, a coat is black, tho not optically colorless; the night is dark, tho the stars shine. That is obscure, shadowy, or shady from which the light is more or less cut off. Dusky is applied to objects which appear as if viewed in fading light; the word is often used, as are swart and swarthy, of the human skin when quite dark, or even verging toward black. Dim refers to imperfection of outline, from distance, darkness, mist, etc., or from some defect of vision. Opaque objects, as smoked glass, are impervious to light. Murky is said of that which is at once dark, obscure, and gloomy; as, a murky den; a murky sky. Figuratively, dark is emblematic of sadness, agreeing with somber, dismal, gloomy, also of moral evil; as, a dark deed. Of intellectual matters, dark is now rarely used in the old sense of a dark saying, etc. See MYSTERIOUS; OBSCURE.
Compare synonyms for LIGHT.
Synonyms:
black, dark, dismal, dusky, gloomy, murky, mysterious, obscure, opaque, sable, shadowy, shady, somber, swart, swarthyAntonyms:
bright, brilliant, clear, crystalline, dazzling, gleaming, glowing, illumined, light, lucid, luminous, radiant, shining, transparent, white
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How to use dim in a sentence?
There are dim hopes amidst an active rumor mill that on balance continues to portray both Greek PM Alexis Tsipras and his main banker German Chancellor Angela Merkel as uncompromising.
I think the prospects for a last-minute settlement are very dim.
We take a relatively dim view of the venture's Canadian prospects in justifying the implied value ceded by Canopy, canadian cannabis brand development is difficult with restrictions specifically prohibiting utilizing celebrity names, and we believe Canopy is ceding a cash flow positive asset.
In a seemingly dark and troubled world, there are hundreds and thousands of lightworkers, standing strong, refusing to dim their lights. Look for the light workers they are all around you. Follow them back to the light
Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.
Translations for dim
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- خافتArabic
- неясен, замъглен, помътнявам, мътен, потъмнявамBulgarian
- mdlý, tmavýCzech
- dämmerig, schummrig, dämlichGerman
- σκοτεινός, θολός, θαμπώνω, θαμπός, δυσδιάκριτος, αμυδρός, κουτός, θολώνωGreek
- malheliEsperanto
- tenue, tontoSpanish
- himmeäFinnish
- tamisé, bête, indistinct, flou, ternir, faibleFrench
- כההHebrew
- homályos, opálos, elmosódott, színtelen, ködbe vesző, fénytelenHungarian
- debole, abbassare, annerire, oscura, affievolire, affievolirsi, indistinto, fioca, annebbiare, indistinta, tonta, fioco, offuscare, oscuro, tontoItalian
- ほの暗い, 薄暗いJapanese
- blāvsLatvian
- afblinden, donker, vaag, verduisteren, mat, schemerig, dimmen, schemerachtig, domDutch
- dimt, dim, dimmeNorwegian
- indistinto, ofuscar, sombrio, burro, opaco, obtuso, escurecer, FracoPortuguese
- vag, ternRomanian
- смутный, тускнеть, затемнять, неясный, тупой, тусклыйRussian
- మసకTelugu
- тусклоUkrainian
- 暗淡Chinese
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