BEDIMMED Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

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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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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

Both of us gravitated toward the dot cake, vanilla cake and buttercream, entirely obscured by a psychedelic layer of rainbow sprinkles, an online phenomenon neither of us had tried.

— Tanya Bush, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026
The same repositioning also obscured the screws that hold the GPU brace’s mounting bracket.

— Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of obscured

Adjective

Rooms The 149 guestrooms and 37 suites come alive in interiors inspired by ocean waves and the dusky skies of the Hollywood Hills, so the palette is moody, the finishes are polished, but nothing whispers.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
From brick red to ashen violet and dusky taupe, these are the soft yet moody nail colors to keep an eye on this fall.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of dusky

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In its latest incarnation, designed by the firm S9, the curtain wall has darkened and the electronic billboards brightened, so that the tower resembles a TV mount, more apparatus than architecture.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026
Verity is immobile and catatonic, and Lowen learns that the family’s life is also darkened by a child’s accidental death.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of darkened

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Menon's photo reveals spectacular pink, purple and red auroras glowing in Earth's upper atmosphere above a sparse dappling of city lights, subtly blurred by the motion of the orbital spacecraft over the course of the exposure.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
But as the spectacle grew, the distinction between personal style and dressing for visibility became increasingly blurred.

— Alex Badia, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of blurred

Adjective

The moon will be absent most of the night, rising a couple of hours before dawn as a 17%-illuminated waning crescent — too dim to affect visibility of meteors.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026
The fixture can attach to any flat surface with stick-on adhesives in just seconds, so say goodbye to the days of dim bathroom lighting or cooking under gloomy overheads.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of dim

Verb

Sube Shoten, a tofu maker founded in 1877 during Japan’s Meiji era, reportedly ceased operations in May and began preparing to file for bankruptcy as low profit margins and a recent surge in raw-material costs clouded its business outlook.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
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

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