Dim - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |dɪm|  American pronunciation of the word dim
Brit.  |dɪm|  British pronunciation of the word dim

verb

- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam (syn: dip)
- become dim or lusterless
the lights dimmed and the curtain rose
- make dim or lusterless
Time had dimmed the silver
- make dim by comparison or conceal (syn: blind)
- become vague or indistinct (syn: blur, slur)

adjective

- lacking in light; not bright or harsh (syn: subdued)
a dim light beside the bed
- lacking clarity or distinctness (syn: faint, shadowy, vague, wispy)
a dim figure in the distance
- offering little or no hope (syn: black, bleak)
took a dim view of things
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity (syn: dense, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow)
never met anyone quite so dim

Extra examples

Just the dim outline of the building could be seen through the fog.

I have a dim memory of your last visit.

The latest setback has dimmed hopes of an early settlement.

Hopes of an early settlement have dimmed.

I personally had rather a dim war.

The mirror is too close to our eyes, and our own breath dims it.

The dim outline of a building loomed up out of the mist.

Isaac was old and his eyes were dim.

Prospects for an early settlement of the dispute are dim.

You can be really dim sometimes!

She was only dimly aware of the risk.

The lights in the theatre began to dim.

Even the rain could not dim their enthusiasm.

Hopes of a peaceful settlement have dimmed.

Time had dimmed the silver

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: dim
he/she/it: dims
present participle: dimming
past tense: dimmed
past participle: dimmed
adjective
comparative: dimmer
superlative: dimmest
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