Synonyms for dim
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : dim |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪm |
Top 10 synonyms for dim Other synonyms for the word dim
- becloud
- bedim
- befog
- blah
- blear
- bleary
- boorish
- caliginous
- dense
- dim-witted
- disapproving
- discouraging
- doltish
- dreary
- dumb
- dusk
- dusky
- faded
- faint
- flat
- fog
- fuzzy
- gloomy
- gray
- haze
- ill-defined
- indistinct
- lackluster
- lightless
- lower
- mat
- monotone
- monotonous
- muddy
- murky
- muted
- oafish
- obfuscate
- obscured
- obtuse
- opaque
- overcast
- pale
- poorly lit
- shadowy
- skeptical
- slow
- slow on uptake
- somber
- stupid
- sullied
- suspicious
- tarnish
- tarnished
- tenebrous
- thick
- turn down
- unclear
- unilluminated
- unpromising
- vague
- weak
- weak-minded
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
- 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
Antonyms for dim
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