dim

Adjective
  1. Lacking in light;
    Not bright or harsh (synset 300276156)
    "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"
    similar to: dark - devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
    same as: subdued
  2. Lacking clarity or distinctness (synset 300785775)
    "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"
    similar to: indistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand
    same as: faint, shadowy, vague, wispy
  3. Made dim or less bright (synset 300285441)
    "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"
    similar to: low-beam - used of headlights
    same as: dimmed
  4. Offering little or no hope (synset 301232434)
    "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"; "took a dim view of things"
    similar to: hopeless - without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
    same as: black, bleak
  5. Slow to learn or understand;
    Lacking intellectual acuity (synset 300442596)
    "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"; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
    similar to: stupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
    same as: dense, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
Verb
  1. Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam (synset 202166741)
    is a type of: change intensity - increase or decrease in intensity
    same as: dip
  2. Become dim or lusterless (synset 200314386)
    "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
  3. Make dim or lusterless (synset 200314265)
    "Time had dimmed the silver"
    is a type of: darken - make dark or darker
  4. Make dim by comparison or conceal (synset 200313060)
    is a type of: darken - make dark or darker
    same as: blind
  5. Become vague or indistinct (synset 200311895)
    "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
    is a type of: weaken - become weaker
    subtypes: efface, obliterate - remove completely from recognition or memory
    same as: blur, slur

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