Dim - English meaning

verb

Make or become black or dark, especially as a result of burning, decay, or bruising.

Usage examples:

Stone blackened by the soot of ages

verb

To make something black

Usage examples:

For miles around, trees were blackened by the fire.

adjective

Unable to see or be seen clearly.

Usage examples:

Blurred vision

verb

Make or become unclear or less distinct.

Usage examples:

Tears blurred her vision

adjective

Difficult to see

Usage examples:

The photograph was very blurred., the picture on the tv went all blurry., do you agree that male an…

adjective

Stupid; very foolish.

Usage examples:

A brainless bimbo

adjective

Stupid or thoughtless

Usage examples:

That was a brainless thing to do!

adjective

(of a person) unable to think clearly; bewildered.

Usage examples:

She was utterly confused about what had happened

verb

Make (someone) bewildered or perplexed.

Usage examples:

Past and present blurred together, confusing her still further

adjective

Unable to think clearly or to understand something

Usage examples:

Grandpa gets pretty confused sometimes, and doesn't even know what day it is., i'm a bit confused. …

verb

Make or become dark or darker.

Usage examples:

The sky was darkening rapidly

verb

To become or make something dark

Usage examples:

[ i ] the sky darkened as thick smoke billowed from the refinery., [ t ] she pulled down the shades…

adjective

Closely compacted in substance.

Usage examples:

As the storm cleared, a dense fog came down

adjective

Close together and difficult to go or see through; thick

Usage examples:

Dense fog, i had trouble getting through the dense crowd., there are some really dense people in ou…

adjective

Gloomy and drab.

Usage examples:

A dingy room

adjective

(of a place or material) dark and unattractive esp. because of being dirty or not cared for

Usage examples:

The stores seemed old and dingy, their lights too dim and their ceilings too low.

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement.

Usage examples:

Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

verb

Make or become dull or less intense.

Usage examples:

Time dulls the memory

adjective

Not interesting or exciting; boring

Usage examples:

Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine., the lecture was dry, dull, and full of statist…

adjective

Slow to understand or learn; not very intelligent

Usage examples:

He was an unimaginative and dull-witted man., they are devoted and dull-witted enough to obey any o…

adjective

Silly, stupid, or not having good judgment

verb

Gradually grow faint and disappear.

Usage examples:

The light had faded and dusk was advancing

noun

The process of becoming less bright.

Usage examples:

The sun can cause colour fade

verb

Become less clearly visible or distinguishable

adjective

(of a sight, smell, or sound) barely perceptible.

Usage examples:

The faint murmur of voices

verb

Lose consciousness for a short time because of a temporarily insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain.

Usage examples:

I fainted from loss of blood

noun

A sudden loss of consciousness.

Usage examples:

She hit the floor in a dead faint

adjective

Lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness.

Usage examples:

By now, he was too feeble to leave his room

adjective

Weak

Usage examples:

A feeble joke, he’s pretty feeble, and has to use a cane to get around.

adjective

Having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations.

Usage examples:

He sat down on a flat rock

adverb

In or to a horizontal position.

Usage examples:

He was lying flat on his back

noun

The flat part of something.

Usage examples:

She placed the flat of her hand over her glass

adjective

Full of or characterized by fog.

Usage examples:

A dark and foggy night

adjective

With fog

Usage examples:

A cold, foggy day, side effects include headaches, nausea, weakness, and foggy thinking., i get fog…

adjective

Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.

Usage examples:

He was foolish enough to confide in her

adjective

Stupid

Usage examples:

A half-witted remark

adjective

Covered by a haze.

Usage examples:

It was a beautiful day but quite hazy

adjective

Very stupid.

Usage examples:

I was able to hum its idiotic theme tune

adjective

Stupid

adjective

Lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated.

Usage examples:

He was told constantly that he was ignorant and stupid

adjective

Having no knowledge or awareness of something or of things in general

Usage examples:

We were very young, ignorant, unskilled men., you have to assume that incoming students have an alm…

adjective

Not having enough knowledge, understanding, or information about something

Usage examples:

Ignorant about many teenagers are surprisingly ignorant about current politics., blissfully ignoran…

adjective

Not perfect; faulty or incomplete.

Usage examples:

An imperfect grasp of english

noun

The imperfect tense.

adjective

Not perfect or not complete

Usage examples:

Our rule of law is still imperfect, but it’s better than having no laws at all., [ c ] investigator…

adjective

Lacking exactness and accuracy of expression or detail.

Usage examples:

The witness could give only vague and imprecise descriptions

adjective

Not accurate or exact

Usage examples:

As all the data have not yet been collected, the figures are still imprecise.

adjective

Not clear or sharply defined.

Usage examples:

His speech was slurred and indistinct

adjective

Not clear

Usage examples:

An indistinct shape/sound/recollection

verb

Move (someone or something) in a downward direction.

Usage examples:

He watched the coffin being lowered into the ground

noun

Look angry or sullen; frown.

Usage examples:

The lofty statue lowers at patients in the infirmary

adjective

Less high in position.

Usage examples:

The lower levels of the building

adjective

Not bright or shiny; dull.

Usage examples:

Her uncombed, lustreless black hair

adjective

Acting or done without justification and with no concern for the consequences.

Usage examples:

A generation of mindless vandals

adjective

Not reasonable or understandable

Usage examples:

People waste a lot of time doing mindless things.

adjective

Very foolish or stupid.

Usage examples:

Television's latest moronic soap opera

adjective

Very stupid

Usage examples:

A moronic grin, some really moronic suggestions

adjective

(of a sound or voice) quiet and soft.

Usage examples:

The muted hum of the distant traffic

verb

Deaden, muffle, or soften the sound of.

Usage examples:

Her footsteps were muted by the thick carpet

adjective

Not loud, or not enthusiastic

Usage examples:

Her reaction was muted.

adjective

Not discovered or known about; uncertain.

Usage examples:

His origins and parentage are obscure

verb

Keep from being seen; conceal.

Usage examples:

Grey clouds obscure the sun

adjective

Not known to many people

Usage examples:

An obscure 18th-century painter, official policy has changed for reasons that remain obscure.

adjective

Light in colour or shade; containing little colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Choose pale floral patterns for walls

verb

Become pale in one's face from shock or fear.

Usage examples:

I paled at the thought of what she might say

noun

A wooden stake or post used with others to form a fence.

Usage examples:

Get creative with a picket fence and have diagonal pales nailed to the horizontal boards.

adjective

(of a place) situated far from the main centres of population; distant.

Usage examples:

The valley is remote from the usual tourist routes

noun

Having very little connection with or relationship to.

Usage examples:

The theory seems rather intellectual and remote from everyday experience

adjective

Far away in distance, time, or relation; not close

Usage examples:

Ben grew up in a remote part of montana., it happened in the remote past., there is a remote possib…

adjective

Full of shadows.

Usage examples:

A long, shadowy, cobbled passage

adjective

Dark and full of shadows

Usage examples:

She was startled by a sudden movement in the shadowy hallway.

adjective

Used to refer to someone or something about which little is known

Usage examples:

The english king, arthur, is a somewhat shadowy figure who may not have even existed., they are mem…

adjective

Moving or operating, or designed to do so, only at a low speed; not quick or fast.

Usage examples:

Until recently diesel cars were slow and noisy

adverb

At a slow pace; slowly.

Usage examples:

The train went slower and slower

verb

Reduce one's speed or the speed of a vehicle or process.

Usage examples:

The train slowed to a halt

adjective

Not clever and therefore slow to notice or understand things

adjective

Easy to mould, cut, compress, or fold; not hard or firm to the touch.

Usage examples:

Soft margarine

adverb

(of a consonant) pronounced as a fricative (as c in ice ).

adjective

Not hard or firm; changing its shape when pressed

Usage examples:

The crabs are plucked from the water before their soft shells have had a chance to harden., the bab…

adjective

Having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense.

Usage examples:

I was stupid enough to think she was perfect

noun

A stupid person (often used as a term of address).

Usage examples:

You're not a coward, stupid!

adjective

Lacking thought or intelligence

Usage examples:

I just made another stupid mistake., turn off that stupid program!, can you believe my stupidity? i…

adjective

(of a person or their manner) quiet and rather reflective or depressed.

Usage examples:

I felt strangely subdued as i drove home

verb

Overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person).

Usage examples:

She managed to subdue an instinct to applaud

adjective

(of color or light) not very bright, or (of sound) not very loud

Usage examples:

A subdued voice, a subdued chalk-stripe suit, most of the fans were subdued, quietly waiting for th…

adjective

Not easy to see, hear, or understand.

Usage examples:

The motive for this killing is unclear

adjective

Not obvious or easy to see or know

Usage examples:

[ + question word ] it’s unclear what actually happened that night., i’m unclear about a couple of …

adjective

Having or showing a low level of intelligence.

Usage examples:

A good-natured but unintelligent boy

adjective

Having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless.

Usage examples:

A vacuous smile

adjective

Of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning.

Usage examples:

Many patients suffer vague symptoms

adjective

Not clearly stated, described, or explained, or not clearly seen or felt

Usage examples:

She had a vague feeling that something had gone terribly wrong., i have only a vague memory of the …

adjective

Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland.

Usage examples:

Tuneful but vapid musical comedies

adjective

Showing no intelligence or imagination

Usage examples:

A vapid reality tv show, he's attractive, but vapid.

adjective

Lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy.

Usage examples:

She was recovering from flu, and was very weak

adjective

Lacking strength or energy, or likely to stop working or break

Usage examples:

After having been so sick, it’s not surprising you still feel weak., that old chair is very weak an…

adjective

Too low or not powerful enough to be successful or effective

Usage examples:

Weak growth/market share/results there was unexpectedly weak growth in corporate output in may., we…

adjective

Lacking in firm ideas, principles, or the ability to make a decision

Usage examples:

He’s got tv ads accusing dole of being wishy-washy on the issues.

adjective

Foolish; stupid.

Usage examples:

A witless retort

adjective

Stupid or showing no intelligence

Usage examples:

In the book, anna is forced to take care of her witless cousin., she was scared witless of robert, …