dim

Meanings

Adjective

• Not bright or colorful.
• Not smart or intelligent.
• Indistinct, hazy or unclear.
• Short form of diminished

Noun

• Dimness.

Verb

• To make something less bright.
• To become darker.
• To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct
• To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.

Origin

• From Middle English dim, dym, from Old English dim, dimm, from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz ("dark"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰem- ("to whisk, smoke, blow; dust, haze, cloud; obscure"). Compare Faroese dimmur, Icelandic dimmur ("dark") and dimma.