Definitions
lacking in light; not bright or harsh
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“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”
“He may be a bit dim, but he's not entirely stupid.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues
01“Faintly lit”3 letters
02“Not very bright”3 letters
03“Poorly lit”3 letters
04“Reduce light”3 letters
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