dim

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

sombre

faible

obscur

flou

brouiller

indistinct

obscurcir

stupide

touffu

foncer

confus

😕

assombrir

bête

ternir

pâle

terne

troubler

vague

👋

trouble

désapprobateur

mal éclairé

rendre confus

rendre trouble

s’estomper

tamisé

réprouvant

ablette

baisser les phares

affaibli

affaiblir

aveugle

baisser

distrait

éclipser

estomper

étourdi

évanouissement

idiot

isolé

mat

noir

obtus

pauvre

sinistre

sourd

Synonymes

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

Traductions

oscuro

αμυδρός

oscuro

abbassare

dämmerig

schemerig

dunkel

donker

duister

σκοτεινός

caliginosus

debole

ater

caligineus

offuscare

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à féroïen: dimmur

Appartenant à islandais: 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”).