Definition of Dim

Verb

• become vague or indistinct
  "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
  blur slur
• make dim by comparison or conceal
  blind
• make dim or lusterless
  "Time had dimmed the silver"
  
• become dim or lusterless
  "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
  
• switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
  dip

Adjective

• 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 make some really dumb decisions"
  "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"
  "worked with the slow students"
  dense dull dumb obtuse slow
• 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"
  black bleak
• made dim or less bright
  "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"
  "dimmed headlights"
  "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"
  dimmed
• 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"
  faint shadowy vague wispy
• lacking in light
  not bright or harsh
  "a dim light beside the bed"
  "subdued lights and soft music"
  subdued

Word games points for the Dim

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• Words With Friends® score of the dim (7)

Unscramble dim

5 unscramble word found using the letters dim.

di, dim, id, mi, mid,