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(a) made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"
(s) lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"
(s) 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"
(s) 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"
(s) 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 mak
(v) switch (a car''s headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
(v) become or make darker; "The screen darkend"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown"
(v) become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
(v) make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"
(v) make dim by comparison or conceal
(v) become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

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