Definition: become vague or indistinct
Usage: The distinction between the two theories blurred
Similar words: weaken
Definition: become weaker
Usage: The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days
Definition: make dim by comparison or conceal
Synonyms: dim
Definition: make dim or lusterless
Usage: Time had dimmed the silver
Synonyms: dim
Definition: become dim or lusterless
Usage: the lights dimmed and the curtain rose
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Definition: switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
Similar words: change intensity
Definition: increase or decrease in intensity
Definition: lacking in light; not bright or harsh
Usage: a dim light beside the bed; subdued lights and soft music
Similar words: dark
Definition: devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
Usage: sitting in a dark corner; a dark day; dark shadows; dark as the inside of a black cat
Definition: made dim or less bright
Usage: the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation; dimmed headlights; we like dimmed lights when we have dinner
Synonyms: dim, dense, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
Definition: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
Usage: 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
Similar words: stupid
Definition: lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
Synonyms: faint, shadowy, dim, vague, wispy
Definition: lacking clarity or distinctness
Usage: 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
Similar words: indistinct
Definition: not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand
Usage: indistinct shapes in the gloom; an indistinct memory; only indistinct notions of what to do
Definition: offering little or no hope
Usage: 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
Similar words: hopeless
Definition: without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
Usage: in an agony of hopeless grief; with a hopeless sigh he sat down