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Antonyms for dimmer

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dim-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪm ər

Definition of dimmer

Origin :
  • 1822, agent noun from dim (v.). Of mechanisms for reducing the brightness of electric lights, from 1905.
  • adj darkish
  • adj unfavorable with regard to opinion
  • adj not very intelligent
Example sentences :
  • Her vision was dimmer and her spirit at times withdrawn, remote.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
  • Little by little, the image of the Woman grew dimmer and dimmer.
  • Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
  • The greater the distance the dimmer this confined air appears.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
  • Sometimes it is smaller and dimmer; then the Gone Ones rest and sleep.
  • Extract from : « Oomphel in the Sky » by Henry Beam Piper
  • The light got poorer and dimmer and there was a shorter lasting of it.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1915 » by Various
  • Dwindling smaller, dimmer, until in a moment it was gone into the Unknown.
  • Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings
  • It was dim against the night sky, and the garden was dimmer still.
  • Extract from : « Simon » by J. Storer Clouston
  • Scarcely could we see the light; dimmer and dimmer it grew; then we looked—it had disappeared!
  • Extract from : « A Voyage round the World » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • The breath of his emphasis blew, as her eyes showed, on the girl's dimmer fire.
  • Extract from : « The Outcry » by Henry James
  • Seals are used to swimming under water where light is dimmer.
  • Extract from : « The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

Synonyms for dimmer

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