dim

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

oscuro

oscurecer

sombrío

atenuar

tonto

débil

vago

anublar

negro

opaco

tenue

mortecino

ofuscar

torpe

triste

☹️

atontado

empañado

empañarse

ensombrecer

indistinto

last

lerdo

opacar

turbio

poco visible

causado

ténue

adusto

apagar los faros

amortiguar

apagado

apagarse

bajar

borroso

confuso

😕

corto

cubierto

encapotado

☁️

estúpido

lento

mohino

obtuso

Sinónimos

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

Traducciones

oscuro

αμυδρός

faible

sombre

obscur

schemerig

donker

flou

σκοτεινός

dämmerig

dunkel

abbassare

duister

indistinct

debole

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/dɪm/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con feroés: dimmur

Cognado con islandés: 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”).