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Showing words for DIMNESS using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Dimness

dimness, missend

6 Letter Words for Dimness

deisms, demiss, denims, dismes, mensis, messin, missed, sdeins, snides

5 Letter Words for Dimness

deism, denim, dimes, dines, disme, ensis, idems, meins, mends, miens, minds, mined, mines, mises, nides, nisse, sdein, seism, semis, sends, sides, siens, sinds, sined, sines, sneds, snide, snies

4 Letter Words for Dimness

deis, demi, deni, dens, desi, dess, diem, dies, dime, dims, dine, dins, ends, idem, ides, inde, isdn, ised, isms, mdse, meds, mein, mend, mens, mess, mide, midn, mids, mien, mind, mine, mins, miss, neds, ness, nide, nids, nied, nies, nims, seis, semi, send, sens, side, sids, sien, sime, sims, sind, sine, sins, sise, sned, ssed

3 Letter Words for Dimness

dei, dem, den, des, die, dim, din, dis, eds, ems, end, ens, esd, esm, ess, ide, ids, ind, ins, ise, ism, isn, med, mei, men, mes, mid, min, mis, mss, ned, nei, nid, nie, nim, nis, sds, sed, sei, sem, sen, sie, sim, sin, sis, sse

Definitions for Dimness

[1] not bright; obscure from lack of light or emitted light: a dim room; a dim flashlight.
[2] not seen clearly or in detail; indistinct: a dim object in the distance.
[3] not clear to the mind; vague: a dim idea.
[4] not brilliant; dull in luster: a dim color.
[5] not clear or distinct to the senses; faint: a dim sound.
[6] not seeing clearly: eyes dim with tears.
[7] tending to be unfavorable; not likely to happen, succeed, be favorable, etc.: a dim chance of winning.
[8] not understanding clearly.
[9] rather stupid; dim-witted.
[10] to make dim or dimmer.
[11] to switch (the headlights of a vehicle) from the high to the low beam.
[12] to become or grow dim or dimmer.
[13] dim out , (in wartime) to reduce the night illumination of (a city, ship, etc.) to make it less visible from the air or sea, as a protection from enemy aircraft or ships.
[14] take a dim view of , to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay: Her mother takes a dim view of her choice of friends.
[15] badly illuminated a dim room
[16] not clearly seen; indistinct; faint a dim shape
[17] having weak or indistinct vision eyes dim with tears
[18] lacking in understanding; mentally dull
[19] not clear in the mind; obscure a dim memory
[20] lacking in brilliance, brightness, or lustre a dim colour
[21] tending to be unfavourable; gloomy or disapproving (esp in the phrase take a dim view )
[22] to become or cause to become dim
[23] (tr) to cause to seem less bright, as by comparison
[24] US and Canadian (tr) to switch (car headlights) from the main to the lower beam Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): dip

Words related to Dimness

dimduskiness, gloom, murk, murkiness, dark, blackness, shade

Words nearby Dimness

dimdilute, dilution, diluvial, diluvialism, diluvium, dim, dim bulb, dim sum, dim-out, dim., dimaggio

Origin of Dimness

before 1000; Middle English, Old English dim(me ), cognate with Old Frisian dim, Old Norse dimmr

Other words from Dimness

dim·ly , adverb
dim·ma·ble , adjective
dim·ness , noun
un·dim , adjective
un·dim·ly , adverb
un·dimmed , adjective

Word origin for Dimness

Old English dimm; related to Old Norse dimmr gloomy, dark

Synonyms for Dimness

blackness, dark, duskiness, gloom, murk, murkiness, shade