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adjective

as in blackened

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verb

past tense of bedim
as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct the view from the mountain's summit is often bedimmed by haze

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedimmed
  1. blackened
  2. obscured
  3. dusky
  4. darkened
  5. dimmed
  6. blurred
  7. dim
  8. clouded
Adjective
  • The land, unfenced, abuts a bald blackened hillside that must be public land.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Definition of blackened
Verb
  • Hur judiciously constructs scene after scene that pulls and pushes the various probes closer to and further from the mysterious truth, which feels at once obscured and hidden in plain sight.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The poster also obscured the system’s dynamic tracking accuracy.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of obscured
Adjective
  • On Sunday, the model stopped by a Brooklyn farmer’s market for an autumnal bouquet—all rich oranges and dusky browns—which coordinated with her fall ’fit.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026
  • New yellows move between musky and citrusy, while additions to the cooler end of the spectrum include restorative greens, meditative blues and purples ranging from dusky to glamorous.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of dusky
Verb
  • Of these two types of backlit TVs, full-array models stand out as the best choice because their lighting is broken down into zones that can be individually lit or darkened as needed.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
  • China’s growth target is already its lowest since 1991, and the economic picture is darkened further by a real estate downturn that is straining local government finances and undercutting spending capacity, Goldman Sachs said in a note to clients.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of darkened
Adjective
  • In the dimmed light of a hospital room in Nevada, the placenta — blue and shining — has just delivered.
    — Mara Evans, STAT, 27 July 2026
  • One of the great aspects of my tablet is its lighting, whether it's being used in bright sunlight or on a dimmed plane.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 June 2026
Definition of dimmed
Verb
  • Fashion and athletics have long shared a vocabulary of performance and precision—and nowhere more visibly than in Italy, where houses from Prada to Armani have repeatedly blurred the line between sporting uniform and high style.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Bags have gotten softer and slouchier as the boundaries between work, travel, exercise and everyday life have blurred.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of blurred
Adjective
  • At twilight, the mountains were etched against a dim horizon, the kill pen below like a torchlit encampment.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Other symptoms may include blurred or dim vision, loss of peripheral vision, or decreased color vision.
    — Melissa Rudy , Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of dim
Verb
  • The sky had clouded in the meantime, deleting the circle from the wall—she’d arrived just in time to witness it.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • But her seemingly normal life is clouded by constant anxiety over the possibility of being sent back home.
    — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of clouded
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“Bedimmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedimmed. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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