dim

(verb) switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam. Synonyms: dip.

(verb) become dim or lusterless. Example: "The lights dimmed and the curtain rose."

(verb) make dim or lusterless. Example: "Time had dimmed the silver."

(verb) make dim by comparison or conceal. Synonyms: blind.

(verb) become vague or indistinct. Synonyms: blur, slur. Example: "The distinction between the two theories blurred."

(adj) lacking in light; not bright or harsh. Synonyms: subdued. Examples: "A dim light beside the bed." "Subdued lights and soft music."

(adj) lacking clarity or distinctness. Synonyms: faint, shadowy, vague, wispy. Examples: "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."

(adj) made dim or less bright. Synonyms: dimmed (vs. undimmed). Examples: "The dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation." "Dimmed headlights." "We like dimmed lights when we have dinner."

(adj) offering little or no hope. Synonyms: black, bleak. Examples: "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."

(adj) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity. Synonyms: dense, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow. Examples: "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."