Dim - Definition

adj 1: lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light
beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music" [syn:
dim, subdued]
2: lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the
distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in
the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the
fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" [syn: dim,
faint, shadowy, vague, wispy]
3: made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a
hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed
lights when we have dinner" [syn: dimmed, dim] [ant:
bright, undimmed]
4: offering little or no hope; "the future looked black";
"prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always
been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of
things" [syn: black, bleak, dim]
5: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so
dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met
anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning,
at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb
officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either
normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with
the slow students" [syn: dense, dim, dull, dumb,
obtuse, slow]
v 1: switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
[syn: dim, dip]
2: become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain
rose"
3: make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"
4: make dim by comparison or conceal [syn: blind, dim]
5: become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two
theories blurred" [syn: blur, dim, slur] [ant:
focalise, focalize, focus]