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VERB 5

  1. switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

    Synonymsdip

  2. become dim or lusterless

    • “the lights dimmed and the curtain rose”

  3. make dim or lusterless

    • “Time had dimmed the silver”
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  1. make dim by comparison or conceal

    Synonymsblind

  2. become vague or indistinct

    • “The distinction between the two theories blurred”
    Synonymsblurslur

ADJECTIVE 5

  1. lacking in light; not bright or harsh

    • “a dim light beside the bed”
    • “subdued lights and soft music”
    Synonymssubdued

  2. 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”
    Synonymsfaintshadowyvaguewispy

  3. made dim or less bright

    • “the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation”
    • “dimmed headlights”
    • “we like dimmed lights when we have dinner”
    Synonymsdimmed
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  1. 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”
    Synonymsblackbleak

  2. 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”
    Synonymsdensedulldumbobtuseslow

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