Dim: alternatives and connections

Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color…

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Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color…

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Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.

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Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.

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Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the indistinct parts of a substance.

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Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the indistinct parts of a substance.

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Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.

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Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.

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To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…

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To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indisc…

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To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.

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The state or quality / being dim; lack of brightness, clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity.

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The state or quality / being dim; lack of brightness, clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity.

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Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characte…

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Without color; pale; pallid.

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Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight.

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To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manu…

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Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense c…

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of Dim

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To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

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Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.

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Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

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Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

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Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.

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imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.

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of Subdue

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Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.

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See Brite, v. i.

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See Brite, v. i.

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