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adjective

Dim adj. (compar. dimmer; superl. dimmest)

Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished. "The dim magnificence of poetry." "How is the gold become dim!" "I never saw The heavens so dim by day." "Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way."

Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse. "Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow." "The understanding is dim." Note: Obvious compounds: dim-eyed; dim-sighted, etc.

Synonyms: Obscure; dusky; dark; mysterious; imperfect; dull; sullied; tarnished.

verb

Dim v. t. (past & past part. dimmed; pres. part. dimming)

To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse. "A king among his courtiers, who dims all his attendants." "Now set the sun, and twilight dimmed the ways."

To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of. "Her starry eyes were dimmed with streaming tears."

Dim v. i. To grow dim.

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Etymology of 'Dim'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dim" Quotes from Famous Books

... the only woman on earth. It is this irrevocable fusion of two lives, and the network of responsibilities arising from an act less simple than it seems, that constitute the strength, the charm, the tragedy of marriage: and a dim foreknowledge of its complexity dawned upon Lenox during his penitential progress into a land of ...

— The Great Amulet • Maud Diver

... along the road of evening, In a twilight dim with rose, Wrinkled with age, and drenched with dew Old Nod, ...

— Poems of To-Day: an Anthology • Various

... which I had traversed in former days, on grand court occasions in the time of Ferdinand VII., when they were glittering with all the splendor of a court, we paused in a great saloon, with high-vaulted ceiling incrusted with florid devices in porcelain, and hung with silken tapestry, but all in dim twilight, like the rest of the palace. At one end of the saloon the door opened to an almost interminable range of other chambers, through which, at a distance, we had a glimpse of some indistinct figures in black. They ...

— Washington Irving • Charles Dudley Warner

... attention to the passing scenery as his limited view permitted, in order that he might be able to find his way back to the railroad if it should prove necessary. This did not promise to be difficult. On either side the dim moonlight showed an unbroken succession of trees, and also that the robbers were continuing in one ...

— The Young Railroaders - Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity • Francis Lovell Coombs

... the schoolmaster's frolicsome deportment was apparent to the soldier when he followed Barnes into the kitchen, where, in a secluded corner, near the hospitable oven, in the dim light of a tallow dip, stood a steaming punch bowl. A log smoldered in the fireplace, casting on the floor the long shadows of the andirons, while a swinging pot was reflected on the ceiling like a mighty eclipse. Numerous recesses, containing pans and plates that gleamed ...

— The Strollers • Frederic S. Isham

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