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dimmer
noun
1 dimmer
A rheostat that varies the current through an electric light in order to control the level of illumination.
Polish: ściemniacz
dim
verb
1 dim
Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam.
synonym: dip.
Roget 422:
be dim,
grow dim
etc.
adj.;
flicker,
twinkle,
glimmer;
loom,
lower;
fade;
pale,
pale its ineffectual fire
[Hamlet].
render dim
etc.
adj.;
dim,
bedim†,
obscure;
darken,
tone down.
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Roget 421:
be dark
etc.
adj..
darken,
obscure,
shade;
dim;
tone down,
lower;
overcast,
overshadow;
eclipse;
obfuscate,
offuscate†;
obumbrate†,
adumbrate;
cast into the shade becloud,
bedim†,
bedarken†;
cast a shade,
throw a shade,
spread a shade,
cast a shadow,
cast a gloom,
throw a shadow,
spread a shadow,
cast gloom,
throw gloom,
spread gloom.
extinguish;
put out,
blow out,
snuff out;
doubt.
turn out the lights,
douse the lights,
dim the lights,
turn off the lights,
switch off the lights.
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Dutch: duisteren
2 dim
Become dim or lusterless.
3 dim
4 dim
Make dim by comparison or conceal.
synonym: blind.
5 dim
Become vague or indistinct.
synonyms: blur, slur.
Dutch: bekladden, vervagen
adjective
1 dim
Lacking in light; not bright or harsh:
— A dim light beside the bed.
synonym: subdued.
Roget 426:
opaque,
impervious to light;
adiaphanous†;
dim
etc.
422;
turbid,
thick,
muddy,
opacous†,
obfuscated,
fuliginous†,
cloud,
hazy,
misty,
foggy,
vaporous,
nubiferous†,
muggy†
etc.
(turbidity)
426.1.
smoky,
fumid†,
murky,
dirty.
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Polish: przyćmiony, mroczny
2 dim
Lacking clarity or distinctness:
— A dim figure in the distance.
synonyms: faint, shadowy, vague, wispy.
Roget 447:
invisible,
imperceptible;
undiscernible†,
indiscernible;
unapparent,
non-apparent;
out of sight,
not in sight;
a perte de vue [Fr.];
behind the scenes,
behind the curtain;
viewless,
sightless;
inconspicuous,
unconspicuous†;
unseen
etc.
(see)
etc.
441;
covert
etc.
(latent)
526;
eclipsed,
under an eclipse.
dim
etc.
(faint)
422;
mysterious,
dark,
obscure,
confused;
indistinct,
indistinguishable;
shadowy,
indefinite,
undefined;
ill-defined,
ill-marked;
blurred,
fuzzy,
out of focus;
misty
etc.
(opaque)
426;
delitescent†.
hidden,
obscured,
covered,
veiled
(concealed)
528.
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Roget 422:
dim,
dull,
lackluster,
dingy,
darkish,
shorn of its beams,
dark
421.
faint,
shadowed forth;
glassy;
cloudy;
misty
etc.
(opaque)
426;
blear;
muggy†,
fuliginous†;
nebulous,
nebular;
obnubilated†,
overcast,
crepuscular,
muddy,
lurid,
leaden,
dun,
dirty;
looming
etc.
v..
pale
etc.
(colorless)
429;
confused
etc.
(invisible)
447.
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Roget 519:
unintelligible,
unaccountable,
undecipherable,
undiscoverable,
unknowable,
unfathomable;
incognizable†,
inexplicable,
inscrutable;
inapprehensible†,
incomprehensible;
insolvable†,
insoluble;
impenetrable.
illegible,
as Greek to one,
unexplained,
paradoxical;
enigmatic,
enigmatical,
puzzling
(secret)
533;
indecipherable.
obscure,
dark,
muddy,
clear as mud,
seen through a mist,
dim,
nebulous,
shrouded in mystery;
opaque,
dense;
undiscernible
etc.
(invisible)
447†;
misty
etc.
(opaque)
426;
hidden
etc.
528;
latent
etc.
526.
indefinite,
garbled
etc.
(indistinct)
447;
perplexed
etc.
(confused)
59;
undetermined,
vague,
loose,
ambiguous;
mysterious;
mystic,
mystical;
acroamatic†,
acroamatical†;
metempirical;
transcendental;
occult,
recondite,
abstruse,
crabbed.
inconceivable,
inconceptible†;
searchless†;
above comprehension,
beyond comprehension,
past comprehension;
beyond one's depth;
unconceived.
inexpressible,
undefinable,
incommunicable.
unpredictable,
unforeseeable.
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3 dim
Made dim or less bright:
— The dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation.
— Dimmed headlights.
— We like dimmed lights when we have dinner.
synonym: dimmed.
Polish: przyciemniony
4 dim
Offering little or no hope:
— Took a dim view of things.
synonyms: black, bleak.
5 dim
Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity:
— Never met anyone quite so dim.
synonyms: dense, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow.
Polish: tępogłowy, tępy
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