Definitions For Dim
verb
- Become vague or indistinct
- Make dim by comparison or conceal
- Make dim or lusterless
- Become dim or lusterless
- Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
adjective
- Lacking in light; not bright or harsh
- Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- Lacking clarity or distinctness
- Offering little or no hope
adjective
- Made dim or less bright
noun
- To make (a light) less bright or to become less bright
- To make (something) less strong or clear or to become less strong or clear
Examples of Dim in a Sentence
- Just the dim outline of the building could be seen through the fog.
- I have a dim memory of your last visit.
- The latest setback has dimmed hopes of an early settlement.
- Hopes of an early settlement have dimmed.
verb
- Become vague or indistinct
- Make dim by comparison or conceal
- Make dim or lusterless
- Become dim or lusterless
- Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
adjective
- Lacking in light; not bright or harsh
- Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- Lacking clarity or distinctness
- Offering little or no hope
adjective
- Made dim or less bright
noun
- To make (a light) less bright or to become less bright
- To make (something) less strong or clear or to become less strong or clear
- Just the dim outline of the building could be seen through the fog.
- I have a dim memory of your last visit.
- The latest setback has dimmed hopes of an early settlement.
- Hopes of an early settlement have dimmed.
