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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. 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, swarthy

    Antonyms:
    bright, brilliant, clear, crystalline, dazzling, gleaming, glowing, illumined, light, lucid, luminous, radiant, shining, transparent, white

Princeton's WordNet2.9 / 9 votes

  1. dim, subduedadjective

    lacking in light; not bright or harsh

    "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"

    Synonyms:
    dull, low-key, hushed, dumb, dense, dim, muted, soft, dimmed, black, quiet, vague, subdued, low-keyed, faint, wispy, obtuse, shadowy, bleak, slow

    Antonyms:
    light, smart, distinct, hopeful

  2. dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispyadjective

    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"

    Synonyms:
    weak, shady, dull, dim, 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, slow

    Antonyms:
    distinct, hopeful, smart, light

  3. dimmed, dimadjective

    made dim or less bright

    "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"

    Synonyms:
    faint, dull, obtuse, shadowy, dense, slow, dim, vague, dumb, dimmed, wispy, black, bleak, subdued

    Antonyms:
    hopeful, light, distinct, smart

  4. black, bleak, dimadjective

    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"

    Synonyms:
    blackened, cutting, fatal, subdued, bootleg, faint, disgraceful, slow, calamitous, dumb, dark, dense, bare, raw, black, fateful, wispy, smuggled, inglorious, desolate, dim, pitch-dark, pitch-black, grim, mordant, stark, dull, contraband, dimmed, shameful, disastrous, smutty, shadowy, barren, ignominious, vague, bleak, black-market, opprobrious, obtuse, sinister

    Antonyms:
    hopeful, distinct, smart, light

  5. dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slowverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    vague, ho-hum, muted, sluggish, subdued, deadening, faint, mute, slow, thudding, boring, dumb, dense, irksome, black, silent, wispy, heavy, dim, purblind, muffled, tedious, impenetrable, dull, dimmed, speechless, shadowy, tiresome, softened, bleak, thick, wearisome, obtuse, leaden

    Antonyms:
    light, distinct, smart, hopeful

  6. dim, dipverb

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

    Synonyms:
    plunge, blur, douse, souse, dip, slur, duck, dim, sink, blind, dunk

    Antonyms:
    light, smart, hopeful, distinct

  7. dimverb

    become dim or lusterless

    "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"

    Synonyms:
    slur, blind, blur, dip

    Antonyms:
    light, distinct, smart, hopeful

  8. dimverb

    make dim or lusterless

    "Time had dimmed the silver"

    Synonyms:
    slur, blind, blur, dip

    Antonyms:
    hopeful, distinct, smart, light

  9. blind, dimverb

    make dim by comparison or conceal

    Synonyms:
    slur, blind, blur, dim, dip

    Antonyms:
    distinct, smart, light, hopeful

  10. blur, dim, slurverb

    become vague or indistinct

    "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

    Synonyms:
    smear, glaze over, smudge, slur, blur, blear, dip, dim, obnubilate, obscure, blind, confuse, film over, smutch

    Antonyms:
    light, distinct, smart, hopeful

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dimadjective

    Synonyms:
    dusky, dark, obscure, shadowy, cloudy, not luminous

  2. dimadjective

    Synonyms:
    dull, obtuse, slow to see

  3. dimadjective

    Synonyms:
    darkened, obscured, clouded, faint, confused, shorn of its beams

  4. dimverb

    Synonyms:
    darken, obscure, cloud

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dimadjective

    Synonyms:
    obscure, indistinct, faint, sullied, blurred

    Antonyms:
    bright, vivid, intense, clear

  2. dimverb

    Synonyms:
    bedim, obscure, darken, dull, eclipse, blur, tarnish

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How to use DIM in a sentence?

  1. Maurice Chevalier:

    Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.

  2. Louis-Ferdinand Céline:

    Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.

  3. President Obama:

    That possibility seems very dim.

  4. Nelson Peltz:

    I think the prospects for a last-minute settlement are very dim.

  5. Denise Campbell Mays:

    Be careful when dealing with Shade. It will eventually dim your light☼


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  • خافتArabic
  • помътнявам, замъглен, потъмнявам, неясен, мътенBulgarian
  • tmavý, mdlýCzech
  • schummrig, dämmerig, dämlichGerman
  • σκοτεινός, θολός, θαμπός, δυσδιάκριτος, αμυδρός, θαμπώνω, κουτός, θολώνωGreek
  • malheliEsperanto
  • tenue, tontoSpanish
  • himmeäFinnish
  • bête, indistinct, ternir, tamisé, faible, flouFrench
  • כההHebrew
  • homályos, fénytelen, színtelen, opálos, ködbe vesző, elmosódottHungarian
  • tonto, fioca, annebbiare, indistinta, oscuro, tonta, offuscare, fioco, debole, oscura, indistinto, affievolirsi, annerire, affievolire, abbassareItalian
  • ほの暗い, 薄暗いJapanese
  • blāvsLatvian
  • dimmen, dom, afblinden, schemerig, verduisteren, schemerachtig, mat, donker, vaagDutch
  • dimt, dim, dimmeNorwegian
  • Fraco, indistinto, escurecer, ofuscar, obtuso, sombrio, burro, opacoPortuguese
  • tern, vagRomanian
  • неясный, тусклый, тупой, затемнять, тускнеть, смутныйRussian
  • మసకTelugu
  • สลัวThai
  • тусклоUkrainian
  • 暗淡Chinese

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