Meaning : Lacking in light. Not bright or harsh.
Example :
A dim light beside the bed.
Subdued lights and soft music.
Synonyms : subdued
Meaning : Lacking clarity or distinctness.
Example :
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.
Synonyms : faint, shadowy, vague, wispy
Translation in other languages :
ಯಾವುದೂ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ ಗೋಚರವಾಗದಿರುವುದು
ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಅಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾದ ತೊದಲು ನುಡಿಗಳನ್ನು ನುಡಿಯುತ್ತಾರೆ.Meaning : Made dim or less bright.
Example :
The dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation.
Dimmed headlights.
We like dimmed lights when we have dinner.
Synonyms : dimmed
Meaning : Slow to learn or understand. Lacking intellectual acuity.
Example :
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.
Meaning : Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam.
Synonyms : dip
Meaning : Become dim or lusterless.
Example :
The lights dimmed and the curtain rose.
Meaning : Make dim or lusterless.
Example :
Time had dimmed the silver.
Meaning : Make dim by comparison or conceal.
Synonyms : blind
Dim meaning in Bengali (Bangla).