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being without light or without much light
- a dim, windowless room in the basement of the house
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- ablaze,
- agleam,
- aglitter,
- alight,
- beaming,
- beamy,
- effulgent,
- glaring,
- glowing,
- incandescent,
- lambent,
- radiant,
- relucent,
- resplendent,
- shining,
- sparkling
- floodlit
- (also floodlighted),
- highlighted,
- spotlighted
- (or spotlit)
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2
lacking a surface luster or gloss
- over time, exposure to ultraviolet light will make bright pigments turn dim
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3
not seen or understood clearly
- have only a dim knowledge of the subject
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4
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
- our dog is kind of dim, but very sweet-natured
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- airheaded,
- birdbrained,
- bonehead,
- boneheaded,
- brain-dead,
- brainless,
- bubbleheaded,
- chuckleheaded,
- dense,
- dim-witted,
- doltish,
- dopey
- (also dopy),
- dorky
- [slang],
- dull,
- dumb,
- dunderheaded,
- empty-headed,
- fatuous,
- gormless
- [chiefly British],
- half-witted,
- knuckleheaded,
- lamebrain
- (or lamebrained),
- lunkheaded,
- mindless,
- oafish,
- obtuse,
- opaque,
- pinheaded,
- senseless,
- simple,
- slow,
- slow-witted,
- soft,
- softheaded,
- stupid,
- thick,
- thick-witted,
- thickheaded,
- unintelligent,
- unsmart,
- vacuous,
- weak-minded,
- witless
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of dim (Entry 2 of 2)
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
- the storm clouds dimmed our view of the city from the airplane
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“Dim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dim. Accessed 18 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of dim was before the 12th century
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