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Meaning of word dim from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

dim   adjective

Meaning : Lacking in light. Not bright or harsh.

Example : A dim light beside the bed.
Subdued lights and soft music.

Synonyms : subdued

Meaning : Lacking clarity or distinctness.

Example : 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 : faint, shadowy, vague, wispy

जो स्पष्ट न हो।

बालक अस्पष्ट भाषा में कुछ कह रहा है।
अप्रतीत, अव्यक्त, अस्पष्ट, अस्फुट

Meaning : Made dim or less bright.

Example : The dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation.
Dimmed headlights.
We like dimmed lights when we have dinner.

Synonyms : dimmed

Not made dim or less bright.

Undimmed headlights.
Surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed.
bright, undimmed

Meaning : Offering little or no hope.

Example : The future looked black.
Prospects were bleak.
Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult.
Took a dim view of things.

Synonyms : black, bleak

Meaning : Slow to learn or understand. Lacking intellectual acuity.

Example : 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.
Dumb officials make some really dumb decisions.
He was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse.
Worked with the slow students.

Synonyms : dense, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow

dim   verb

Meaning : Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam.

Synonyms : dip

Meaning : Become dim or lusterless.

Example : The lights dimmed and the curtain rose.

Meaning : Make dim or lusterless.

Example : Time had dimmed the silver.

Meaning : Make dim by comparison or conceal.

Synonyms : blind

Meaning : Become vague or indistinct.

Example : The distinction between the two theories blurred.

Synonyms : blur, slur

Become focussed or come into focus.

The light focused.
focalise, focalize, focus

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