Antonyms for dimming


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dim
Phonetic Transcription : dɪm


Definition of dimming

Origin :
  • c.1200, perhaps in Old English, from dim (adj.). Related: Dimmed; dimming.
  • verb darken; obscure
Example sentences :
  • Dawn was breaking through the windows and dimming the electric lights.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • His eyes were dimming with tears, and his voice quavered uncertainly.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • Then the light vanished, leaving a dimming glow where it had been.
  • Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
  • Now, from his dimming intelligence the sense of time had slipped away.
  • Extract from : « The Watchers of the Trails » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • Her arms were outstretched to the dimming form of Harry and the incandescence.
  • Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall
  • May watched them with a sudden brightening and dimming of the eyes.
  • Extract from : « Narcissus » by Evelyn Scott
  • Already their white crests were gleaming crimson in the dimming light.
  • Extract from : « The Inca Emerald » by Samuel Scoville
  • His dimming eyes wandered to the bag of cartridges and the pistol at her belt.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of Victory » by Myrtle Reed
  • But the glory of one light must ever be the dimming of another.
  • Extract from : « Penrod » by Booth Tarkington
  • The Kabbala, too, had done its work, in dimming the eyes of men by its illusions.
  • Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. IV (of VI) » by Heinrich Graetz

Synonyms for dimming

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