OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 16566

dim

/dɪm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tenue
Not bright or colorful.
The lighting was too dim for me to make out his facial features.
that sustaining Love / Which, through the web of being blindly wove / By man and beast and earth and air and sea, / Burns bright or dim
tonto
Not smart or intelligent.
He may be a bit dim, but he's not entirely stupid.
tenue
Indistinct, hazy or unclear.
His vision grew dimmer as he aged.
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