Advertisement

View definitions for dim

dim

adjective as in unfavorable with regard to opinion

adjective as in not very intelligent

verb as in darken; obscure

Discover More

Example Sentences

The central lyric of the song is that “even when hope grows dim together, we will make it through.”

Alford remains most in awe of the man Dobbins has grown into as he has never once allowed the dark days of physical therapy dim his smile.

When the light conditions were changed to dim red light, within half an hour the chloroplast had returned to its original size and shape.

"In geometrical optics, shadows cast by obstacles would extend indefinitely -- if you're in the shadow, there's no light; outside of it, you see light. But wave optics introduces a different behavior -- waves bend around obstacles and interfere with each other, creating a sequence of bright and dim fringes due to constructive and destructive interference."

He said any leadership election would be in the "dim and distant future".

From BBC

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement