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adjective- offering little or no hope
"the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"
black bleak dim
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
"so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
dense dim dull dumb obtuse slow
- made dim or less bright
"the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"
dimmed dim
- lacking in light; not bright or harsh
"a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"
dim subdued
- lacking clarity or distinctness
"a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"
dim faint shadowy vague wispy
verb- make dim by comparison or conceal
blind dim
- become vague or indistinct
"The distinction between the two theories blurred"
blur dim slur
- make dim or lusterless
"Time had dimmed the silver"
dim
- become dim or lusterless
"the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
dim
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
dim dip
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