dim

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Not bright or colorful.
2. (colloquial) Not smart or intelligent.
3. Indistinct, hazy or unclear.
4. Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of.

Noun

Dimness.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make something less bright.
2. (intransitive) To become darker.
3. To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct.
4. To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
5. (figuratively) To diminish, dull, or curtail.

Conceptes

enfosquir

atenuar

ombrívol

obscurir

fosc

tènue

curt

pallús

aturat

dèbil

borrós

vague

entelar

enlluernar

desdibuixar

apagat

desdibuixar-se

difuminar

difuminar-se

entelar-se

enterbolir-se

fer-se borrós

ofuscar

esmorteir

desolador

estúpid

gamarús

lent

negre

obtús

Sinònims

dark

obscure

indistinct

faint

dull

vague

hazy

gloomy

dusky

murky

cloud

☁️

unclear

misty

cloudy

☁️

blurred

shadowy

pale

foggy

🌁

slow

blur

bleak

darken

dusk

thick

somber

weak

dumb

twilight

clouded

stupid

slow-witted

lacklustre

overcast

black

fade

dip

opaque

dingy

sombre

ambiguous

lustreless

dimmed

mat

lackluster

obscured

dense

fog

🌫️

befog

dismal

dim-witted

Traduccions

oscuro

sombre

αμυδρός

faible

oscuro

obscur

schemerig

donker

dunkel

σκοτεινός

abbassare

dämmerig

duister

flou

indistinct

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/dɪm/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb feroès: dimmur

Cognat amb islandès: dimmur

In summary

From Middle English dim, dym, from Old English dim, dimm (“dim, dark, gloomy; wretched, grievous, sad, unhappy”), from Proto-West Germanic *dimm, from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰem- (“to whisk, smoke; obscure”). Compare Faroese dimmur (“dark”), Icelandic dimmur (“dark”) and dimma (“darkness”).