Synonym: darkish, faint, indistinct, pale, vague, weak. Antonym: bright, light. Similar words: dimmer, diminish, dimension, diminution, diminutive, impediment, dimensions. Meaning: [dɪm] v. 1. switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam 2. become or make darker 3. become dim or lusterless 4. make dim or lusterless 5. make dim by comparison or conceal 6. become vague or indistinct. adj. 1. lacking in light; not bright or harsh 2. lacking clarity or distinctness 3. made dim or less bright 4. offering little or no hope 5. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.
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(61) Pete's torch picked out the dim figures of Bob and Chang.
(62) Some people are rather dim about the purposes of their lives.
(63) Even in the dim light the equipment looked old and time-worn.
(64) The dim outline of a house could be made out.
(65) She studied the pale skin of his face in the dim lamplight.
(66) The light is too dim for me to read easily.
(67) Management took a dim view of union organizing efforts.
(68) Uncle Shim brought high-tea lunches, dim sum, for us.
(69) Its dim glow came from Baby Suggs' room.
(70) Dim lighting creates a relaxing atmosphere.
(71) The boy's just a little dim.
(72) For many students the 1970s are dim history.
(73) A dim memory teased the back of her mind.
(74) The reading light over her seat is dim.
(75) The dim arctic twilight added to the discouraging atmosphere.
(76) Science is a highly disciplined industry that has traditionally taken a very dim view of emotional expression.
(77) I was led through a dim hallway to his office.
(78) But let's assume that as a reader of this paper you take a dim view of these matters.
(79) In the dim light she could just make out some moving shapes.
(80) They sat at the table in dim light going over pronunciations.
(81) The room was depressing,(http://sentencedict.com/dim.html) with dim light and cheap furniture.
(82) Most of the dim sum is priced at $ 2 or $ 3.
(83) For all but the larger instruments, it is too dim.
(84) Suddenly he was apprehended by an irate Scout master who took a dim view of being woken at such an hour.
(85) I had thought the moonlight was diffused through cloud, so general was the dim light.
(86) Thankfully he was too dim to perceive the effect he had on his beloved and puffed smoke lovingly at every sourness.
(87) Louise Renne, who ran unopposed for city attorney, threw a dim sum party for successful treasurer candidate Susan Leal.
(88) This was a particularly flimsy sounding rationale coming from Martinez, who took such a dim view of his students' prospects.
(89) Even in the dim, flickering light cast by the fire Guy saw all the colour wash out of her face.
(90) The light was too dim, the newsprint wavered, the words blurred together.