A rheostat that is used to vary the intensity of a domestic electric light
“I turned the dimmer to create a cozy ambiance in the living room.”
Comparative for dark or lacking in light
“Gus's father looked particularly worn down in the dim tavern lighting.”
Comparative for having no shine or luster
“The sun emitted dim rays of light and its reflection on the sea was moving constantly.”
Comparative for not visually distinct to one's sight or memory
“The baying hounds triggered a dim ancestral memory of rapacious wolf packs hard-wired somewhere deep inside his brain.”
Comparative for unfavorable with regard to opinion or hope
“It would have empowered me to be clueless too, instead of my holding on to the dim hope that things might work out.”
Comparative for stupid or slow to understand
“No less worrisome, therefore, is the fact that the networks that own so many of these stations are too dim to understand this fact.”
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