Related Words for dim

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bleak
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Adjective, Adjective
dumb
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Adjective, Adjective
indistinct
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Adjective, Adjective
faint
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Adjective, Adjective
obtuse
x/
Adjective, Adjective
blur
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Adjective, Adjective
dark
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Adjective, Adjective
darken
/x
Adjective, Verb
dense
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Verb, Adjective
hopeless
/x
Adjective, Adjective
slow
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Adjective, Adjective
stupid
/x
Adjective, Adjective
subdued
x/
Adjective, Adjective
dull
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Adjective, Adjective
shadowy
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
slur
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
blind
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Verb, Adjective
black
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Adjective, Adjective
vague
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Adjective, Adjective
wispy
/x
Adjective, Adjective
dip
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
bright
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Adjective, Adjective
brighten
/x
Verb, Verb
light
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Adjective, Noun
gloomy
/x
Adjective
hazy
/x
Adjective
luminous
/xx
Adjective
unlit
xx
Adjective
cloudy
/x
Adjective
grim
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Adjective
glum
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Adjective
pale
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Adjective
rosy
/x
Adjective
dreary
/x
Adjective
pallid
/x
Adjective
distant
/x
Adjective
sullen
/x
Adjective
forlorn
x/
Adjective
cheerless
/x
Adjective
sickly
/x
Adjective
muted
/x
Adjective
cheery
/x
Adjective
evanescent
xx/x
Adjective
dour
/x
Adjective
blurry
/x
Adjective
dingy
/x
Adjective
dank
/
Adjective
misty
/x
Adjective
foggy
/x
Adjective
downcast
/x
Adjective
morose
x/
Adjective
drab
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Adjective
barren
/x
Adjective
fuzzy
/x
Adjective
dismal
/x
Adjective
radiant
/xx
Adjective
unquiet
x/x
Adjective
bluish
/x
Adjective
twilight
/x
Adjective, Noun
illuminating
x/xxx
Adjective
starry
/x
Adjective
bleary
/x
Adjective
tepid
/x
Adjective
lifeless
/x
Adjective
feeble
/x
Adjective
ray
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Adjective
shriveled
/x
Adjective
puny
/x
Adjective
arc light
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Phrase, Adjective
pessimistic
xx/x
Adjective
jaundiced
/x
Adjective
arc lamp
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Phrase, Adjective
unpromising
x/xx
Adjective
deathly
/x
Adjective
unremarkable
xx/xx
Adjective
murky
/x
Adjective
depressing
x/x
Adjective
moonless
/x
Adjective
optimistic
xx/x
Adjective
firefly
/xx
Adjective
listless
/x
Adjective
fitful
/x
Adjective
wobbly
/xx
Adjective
shabby
/x
Adjective
baleful
/x
Adjective
sunlit
/x
Adjective
desolate
/xx
Adjective
sanguine
/x
Adjective
lonely
/x
Adjective
blotchy
/x
Adjective
slim
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Adjective
low beam
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Phrase, Adjective
fluorescent
x/x
Adjective
conn
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Noun
candlelight
/xx
Noun
lamplight
/x
Noun
torchlight
/x
Noun
gaslight
/x
Noun
starlight
/x
Noun
firelight
/x
Noun
streetlight
/x
Noun
flicker
/x
Verb, Noun
foreshadowing
x/xx
Noun
presentiment
x/xx
Noun
moonlight
/x
Noun
headlights
/x
Noun
lightbulb
/x
Noun
recesses
/xx
Noun
aisles
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Noun
glow
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Noun
foreboding
x/x
Noun
hallway
/x
Noun
recollection
xx/x
Noun
fade
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Verb
doc
/
Noun
interior
x/xx
Noun
mists
/
Noun
glimmer
/x
Noun
lantern
/x
Noun
abate
x/
Verb, Noun
allay
x/
Verb, Noun
alleviate
x/xx
Verb
am
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb
ameliorate
x/xx
Verb
appearing
x/x
Noun
assuage
x/
Verb
attenuate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
bedroom
/x
Noun
bin
/
Noun, Verb
clouded
/x
Adjective
cloudless
/x
Adjective
col
x
Noun
cushion
/x
Noun, Verb
dampen
/x
Verb
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
defuse
x/
Verb
dilute
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
dimension
x/x
Noun, Verb
diminish
x/x
Verb
dire
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Adjective, Noun
drop
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Noun, Verb
dusky
/x
Adjective, Noun
ease
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Noun, Verb
efface
x/
Verb
fa
x
Noun
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
held
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Verb
lessen
/x
Verb
low
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
mid
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Noun, Adjective
mitigate
/xx
Verb
nebulous
/xx
Adjective
negative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
nil
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Noun
o
x
Noun, Adjective
obliterate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
obscure
x/
Adjective, Verb
pointer
/x
Noun
reduce
x/
Verb
relax
x/
Verb
relaxation
xx/x
Noun
relieve
x/
Verb
room
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
slender
/x
Adjective
smoke
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Noun, Verb
snack
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Noun, Verb
sobering
/xx
Adjective
soften
/x
Verb
sombre
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sun
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Noun, Verb
temper
/x
Noun, Verb
tenuous
/xx
Adjective
thin
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Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
uncertain
x/x
Adjective, Noun
unclear
x/
Adjective, Verb
unwinding
x/x
Noun, Adjective
weak
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Adjective
wipe
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Verb, Noun
wit
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Noun, Verb
workplace
/x
Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
shirtless
/x
Adjective
die
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Verb, Noun
gloss
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Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb