Dim - definition, pronunciation, transcription
verb
- become dim or lusterless
- become vague or indistinct (syn: blur, slur)
adjective
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
I/you/we/they: dim
he/she/it: dims
present participle: dimming
past tense: dimmed
past participle: dimmed
comparative: dimmer
superlative: dimmest
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