Antonyms for dimming

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dim

Phonetic Transcription : dɪm

Definition of dimming

Origin : c.1200, perhaps in Old English, from dim (adj.). Related: Dimmed; dimming.

verb darken; obscure

Example sentences :

Dawn was breaking through the windows and dimming the electric lights.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

His eyes were dimming with tears, and his voice quavered uncertainly.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

Then the light vanished, leaving a dimming glow where it had been.
Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin

Now, from his dimming intelligence the sense of time had slipped away.
Extract from : « The Watchers of the Trails » by Charles G. D. Roberts

Her arms were outstretched to the dimming form of Harry and the incandescence.
Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall

May watched them with a sudden brightening and dimming of the eyes.
Extract from : « Narcissus » by Evelyn Scott

Already their white crests were gleaming crimson in the dimming light.
Extract from : « The Inca Emerald » by Samuel Scoville

His dimming eyes wandered to the bag of cartridges and the pistol at her belt.
Extract from : « The Shadow of Victory » by Myrtle Reed

But the glory of one light must ever be the dimming of another.
Extract from : « Penrod » by Booth Tarkington

The Kabbala, too, had done its work, in dimming the eyes of men by its illusions.
Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. IV (of VI) » by Heinrich Graetz

Synonyms for dimming

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