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adj. Lacking in brightness: a dim room.

adj. Emitting only a small amount of light; faint: a dim lightbulb.

adj. Lacking luster; dull and subdued.

adj. Faintly outlined; indistinct: a dim figure in the distance.

adj. Obscure to the mind or the senses: a dim recollection of the accident.

adj. Lacking sharpness or clarity of understanding or perception. See Synonyms at dark.

adj. Lacking keenness or vigor.

adj. Negative, unfavorable, or disapproving: took a dim view of their prospects.

adj. Slang Dull; dimwitted.

v. To make or become dim.

n. A parking light on a motor vehicle.

n. A low beam.

n. Archaic Dusk.

adj. Not bright or colorful.

adj. Not smart or intelligent.

adj. Indistinct, hazy or unclear.

adj. Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of.

v. To make something less bright.

v. To become darker.

adj. Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.

adj. Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.

v. To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse.

v. To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.

verb-intransitive. To grow dim.

Faintly luminous; somewhat obscure from lack of light or luminosity; dark; obscure; shadowy.

Not clearly seen; indistinct; obscured by some intervening medium imperfectly transparent, as mist or haze; misty; hazy; hence, figuratively, not clearly apprehended; faint; vague: as, a dim prospect; a dim recollection.

Dull in luster; lusterless; tarnished.

Not seeing clearly; having the vision obscured and indistinct, as the eye.

Not clearly apprehending; dull of apprehension.

=Syn.2. Indistinct, ill-defined, indefinite, shadowy, confused, mysterious, imperfect.

n. The dark; darkness; night.

To make dim, faint, or obscure; render less bright, clear, or distinct; becloud; obscure; tarnish; sully: as, to dim the eye; to dim the vision; to dim the prospect; to dim gold.

To become dim, faint, or obscure; fade.

An abbreviation of diminuendo.

n. An abbreviation of diminutive

n. of the Latin dimidius, one half.

v. become dim or lusterless

v. make dim or lusterless

adj. made dim or less bright

adj. lacking in light; not bright or harsh

v. become vague or indistinct

adj. lacking clarity or distinctness

adj. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

v. make dim by comparison or conceal

adj. offering little or no hope

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

"I finally got over to the archives at the Lowell Cultural Center and spent a few hours sitting in dim light trying to read 100 year old scribbles."

low-beam    dark    indistinct    stupid    hopeless   

dimmed    dimming    dims   

change    darken    change intensity   

dull   

dimming    dimmest    dimmer    dimmed   

dimmed    dimming    dimly    dimmer   

imperfect    dull    mysterious    sullied    dark    tarnished    dusky    obscure    darkish    indistinct   

Grim    Grimm    Him    Im    Jim    Kim    Sim    Tim    Zim    brim   

shadowy    distant    vague    gloomy    dull    misty    dark