dim

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

oscuro

abbassare

debole

offuscare

scuro

fioca

annuvolare

indistinto

offuscato

opaco

attenuare

appannato

tenebroso

fioco

affievolire

affievolirsi

annebbiare

annerire

indistinta

oscura

pallido

tonta

tonto

semibuio

torbida

triste

☹️

anabbagliante

imbecille

confuso

😕

buio

balordo

disapprovante

incupire

afflitto

ombreggiato

ombroso

scurire

scurirsi

abbassare i fari

tenue

in penombra

stupido

tetro

incupirsi

poco visibile

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

faible

sombre

αμυδρός

oscuro

obscur

flou

schemerig

dämmerig

dunkel

σκοτεινός

donker

duister

indistinct

caligineus

brouiller

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/dɪm/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine faroese: dimmur

Affine islandese: 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”).