Dimness

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The state of being dim, poorly illuminated, almost dark.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The state or quality � being dim; lack of brightness, clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity.
  • n. Dullness, or want of clearness, of vision or of intellectual perception.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state of being dim or obscure; want of clearness, brightness, or distinctness; dullness; vagueness: applied either to the object or to the medium of vision or perception: as, the dimness of a view, of color, or of gold; the dimness of twilight or of the sky; dimness of vision, of understanding, memory, etc.
  • n. Synonyms Obscurity, Gloom, etc. See darkness.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity
  • n. the quality of being dim or lacking contrast
  • n. the state of being poorly illuminated
  • Antonym
    brightness   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    dim   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    obscurity    gloom    darkness    dullness    dark   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    half-light    gloom    stillness    twilight    blackness    murk    haze    grayness    obscurity    confine