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dim



I - verb
1. switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
Syn:
dip
Hypernyms:
change intensity
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. become dim or lusterless
- the lights dimmed and the curtain rose
Hypernyms:
change
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. make dim or lusterless
- Time had dimmed the silver
Hypernyms:
darken
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. become vague or indistinct
- The distinction between the two theories blurred
Syn:
blur, slur
Ant:
focus (for: blur)
See Also:
slur over (for: slur)
Derivationally related forms:
blur (for: blur)
Hypernyms:
weaken
Hyponyms:
obliterate, efface
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
5. make dim by comparison or conceal
Syn:
blind
Hypernyms:
darken
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something

II - adjective
1. lacking in light;
not bright or harsh (Freq. 4)
- a dim light beside the bed
- subdued lights and soft music
Syn:
subdued
Similar to:
dark
Derivationally related forms:
subduedness (for: subdued), dimness
2. lacking clarity or distinctness (Freq. 3)
- 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
Syn:
faint, shadowy, vague, wispy
Similar to:
indistinct
Derivationally related forms:
vagueness (for: vague), faintness (for: faint), dimness
3. made dim or less bright
- the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation
- dimmed headlights
- we like dimmed lights when we have dinner
Syn:
dimmed
Ant:
undimmed (for: dimmed)
Similar to:
low-beam
Derivationally related forms:
dimness
4. 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
Syn:
dense, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
Similar to:
stupid
Derivationally related forms:
slowness (for: slow), obtuseness (for: obtuse), dumbness (for: dumb), dullness (for: dull), denseness (for: dense)
5. 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
Syn:
black, bleak
Similar to:
hopeless
Derivationally related forms:
bleakness (for: bleak)

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