dimming [dim]
Main Entry:
dim [dim]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: darken; obscure
Synonyms: becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dull, eclipse, fade, fog, haze, lower, muddy, obfuscate, pale, tarnish, turn down
Antonyms: brighten, lighten
Main Entry: camouflage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disguise, cover
Synonyms: beard, becloud, befog, cloak, conceal, cover up, deceive, dim, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, hide, mask, obfuscate, obscure, screen, throw on makeup, veil
Antonyms: reveal, show, uncover
Main Entry: cloud
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: become foggy or obscured
Synonyms: adumbrate, becloud, befog, blur, darken, dim, eclipse, envelop, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, veil
Antonyms: clear, unfog, unveil
Main Entry: darken
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: become shaded, unlit
Synonyms: becloud, bedim, blacken, cloud over, cloud up, deepen, dim, eclipse, fog, gray, haze, make dim, murk, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, tone down
Antonyms: brighten, illuminate, lighten, whiten
Main Entry: deaden
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: diminish, muffle, quiet
Synonyms: KO, abate, alleviate, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, etherize, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, put out of order, put to sleep, quieten, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stifle, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken
Antonyms: animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen
Main Entry: dwarf
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: minimize
Synonyms: belittle, check, detract from, dim, diminish, dominate, hinder, look down upon, lower, make small, micrify, minify, overshadow, predominate, retard, rise above, stunt, suppress, tower above, tower over
Notes: a dwarf is smaller and not proportioned like an average person; a midget is smaller but is proportioned like an average full-grown person; a pygmy is perfectly proportioned but smaller than a midget
Antonyms: maximize, oversize
Main Entry: eclipse
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shadowing of the sun
Synonyms: concealment, darkening, decline, diminution, dimming, extinction, extinguishment, obliteration, obscuration, occultation, penumbra, shading, shroud, veil
Main Entry: eclipse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: obscure, veil
Synonyms: adumbrate, becloud, bedim, blot out, cloud, darken, dim, extinguish, murk, overshadow, shadow, shroud
Antonyms: clear, explain, lay out
Main Entry: fade
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lose color
Synonyms: achromatize, become colorless, blanch, bleach, blench, clear, decolorize, dim, disappear, discolor, dissolve, dull, etiolate, evanish, evaporate, grow dim, lose brightness, lose luster, muddy, neutralize, pale, tarnish, tone down, vanish, wash out
Antonyms: brighten, color, sharpen, strengthen
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