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dimmed::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dim |
the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation.
dimmed headlights.
we like dimmed lights when we have dinner.
Examples of dimmed
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The lights dimmed for pregame introductions but didn't come back on immediately.
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That dimmed as Bellamy scored his 10th goal for Liverpool, but first since 2007.
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History has already dimmed the never sharply defined figure of Harold Macmillan.
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The lights in the cell never go off, although they may be dimmed a bit at night.
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The improved economic news dimmed the appeal of less risky assets like Treasurys.
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His glow of fatherhood won't be dimmed until spring training begins next month.
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The short answer is that some figurative lights have dimmed, physical and mental.
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The players are worried that their hopes for a college scholarship have dimmed.
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Professor Michael O'Mahony taught a graduate class with the lights dimmed to red.
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- Lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"
- Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- Become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
- Lacking clarity or distinctness; "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"
- Dimmed: made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"
- Black: offering little or no hope; "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"
- Dim is the fourth studio album by Japanese rock band The Gazette. It was released on July 15, 2009 in Japan. It includes the three lead up singles: "Guren", "Leech," and "Distress and Coma. ...
- . DIM Motor Company, a Greek automobile maker, was created by Georgios Dimitriadis as a successor to his earlier company, Bioplastic S.A., which had produced the Attica automobile. The DIM represented one more effort by Mr. ...
- To make something less bright; To become darker; not bright or colorful; not smart or intelligent; indistinct, hazy or unclear; disapproving, unfavorable, rarely used outside the phrase "take a dim view of"
