BEDIMMED Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in blackened

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bedimmed

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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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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

Long hitters may be tempted to attack the green in two, but the uphill second shot played to a partially obscured putting surface—demands both precision and exceptional ball-striking.

— Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Their selective invocations of Washington may have obscured his complicity, but some abolitionists truly believed doing so would help bring the horror of American slavery to an end.

— John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026

Definition of obscured

Adjective

But fishers haven’t taken advantage of the invasive dusky spinefoot, whose population has grown significantly in Italian waters.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Hassett’s tenacious acoustic guitar figure is stark and dusky like early Leonard Cohen, oozing low strings and a big oily bass.

— Brian Howe, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026

Definition of dusky

Verb

In other words, these olives are often harvested while still green and then darkened through oxidation and other methods during processing.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 11 July 2026
Themes return altered by what has happened to them, darkened or brightened, fragmented or reconciled.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Definition of darkened

Adjective

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
The pleasantly buzzy ballroom, cast in semi-dimmed lighting, filled with excited chatter and clinking silverware, felt like a slightly unwieldy wedding reception.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026

Definition of dimmed

Adjective

Baez advises adjusting sleep schedules two to three days before the flight and focusing on syncing their circadian rhythm with the new time zone by keeping screens dim.

— Sophia Dyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2026
Other bright-light studies show roughly 20% to 40% higher peak cortisol in the first hour after awakening when subjects are exposed to bright morning light compared with dim light, though exact figures differ by study.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of dim

Verb

The Sunda clouded leopard stalks the dense rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra in search of bearded pigs and mouse deer to prey on.

— Douglas Main, Scientific American, 17 July 2026
Although Martha’s thoughts are clouded by her desire to undo Anne’s condition, her section also abides by the terms of realism, never straying too far from what could be considered ordinary life.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026

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