dim
Betekenis (Engels)
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- Not bright or colorful.
- (colloquial) Not smart or intelligent.
- Indistinct, hazy or unclear.
- Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of.
Concepten
schemerachtig
donker worden
storing veroorzaken
triestig
afblinden
benevelen
Synoniemen
not bright
grow foggy
hard to see
obnubilate
very bleak
cloudylike
devoid of brightness
without splendour
said of the eye
become dull
interfere with
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/dɪm/
Etymologie (Engels)
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”).
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