1. (

• dim ,
• subdued

) lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music" ;

2. (

• dim ,
• faint ,
• shadowy ,
• vague ,
• wispy

) lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" ;

3. (

• dimmed ,
• dim ,

) made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner" ;

4. (

• black ,
• bleak ,
• dim

) offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things" ;

5. (

• dense ,
• dim ,
• dull ,
• dumb ,
• obtuse ,
• slow

) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" ;