Synonyms for Dim (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam):
dip
WordNet sense 2 (become or make darker):
darken
WordNet sense 3 (offering little or no hope):
black, bleak
WordNet sense 4 (without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success):
hopeless
WordNet sense 5 (lacking clarity or distinctness):
faint, shadowy, vague, wispy
WordNet sense 6 (not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand):
indistinct
WordNet sense 7 (slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity):
dense, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
WordNet sense 8 (lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity):
stupid
WordNet sense 9 (make dim by comparison or conceal):
blind
WordNet sense 10 (become vague or indistinct):
blur, slur
WordNet sense 11 (made dim or less bright):
dimmed
WordNet sense 12 (lacking in light; not bright or harsh):
subdued
WordNet sense 13 (devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black):
dark
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