Synonyms for dim

Grammar : Adj, verb

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Phonetic Transcription : dɪm

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Définition of dim

Origin : Old English dimm "dark, gloomy, obscure," from Proto-Germanic *dimbaz (cf. Old Norse dimmr, Old Frisian dim, Old High German timber "dark, black, somber"). Not known outside Germanic. Slang sense of "stupid" is from 1892. Related: Dimly; dimness.

adj darkish
adj unfavorable with regard to opinion
adj not very intelligent
verb darken; obscure

Example sentences :

Percival made his way toward one of them with a dim notion that he might be concerned.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

They lay together in the big bed, dim, face to face, talking.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

How will he despise what he can grasp, for the sake of the dim glory that eludes him!
Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

But now some dim perception of this truth began to wake in her.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Even in that dim light there could be no mistaking those features.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Before his book appeared in 1890 the sonnets lay in the dim light of guess-work.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

In the dim hall light he realized that her face was strained and set.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

For at first she only perceived that a dim shadow was moving under the moonlight.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

In the open he found that he had a dim consciousness of light, but that was all.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

As his hand neared the latch I could see in the dim light that his movements were unsteady.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

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