dim
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Not bright or colorful.
- Not smart or intelligent.
- Indistinct, hazy or unclear.
- Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of.
- Clipping of diminished.
Noun
- Dimness.
Verb
- To make something less bright.
- To become darker.
- To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct.
- To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
- To diminish, dull, or curtail.
Proper noun
- A male given name (from Bashkir Дим) .
- vocative singular of Ди́ма (Díma)(•colloquial)
We haven’t written up dim yet: Simple and Standard meanings, examples and a quiz.