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1. Lacking in light; not bright or harsh
   "a dim light beside the bed";
   - subdued
    
2. Lacking clarity or distinctness
   "a dim figure in the distance";
   - faint, shadowy, vague, wispy
    
3. Offering little or no hope
   "took a dim view of things";
   - black, bleak
    
4. [informal] Taking more than usual time to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
   "never met anyone quite so dim";
   - dense, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
    
5. Made dim or less bright
   "the dim houselights brought a hush of anticipation";
   - dimmed

1. Become dim or lusterless
   "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
    
2. Make dim or lusterless
   "Time had dimmed the silver"
    
3. Make dim by comparison or conceal
   - blind
    
4. Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
   - dip
    
5. Become vague or indistinct
   "The distinction between the two theories dimmed";
   - blur, slur

Derived forms: dimmed, dimmer, dims, dimmest, dimming

See also: dark, hopeless, indistinct, low-beam, stupid

Type of: change, change intensity, darken, weaken

Antonym: undimmed

Encyclopedia: Dim, Iran