Synonyms for dimmer
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dim-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪm ər |
Top 10 synonyms for dimmer Other synonyms for the word dimmer
- blah
- bleary
- boorish
- caliginous
- dense
- dim-witted
- disapproving
- discouraging
- doltish
- dreary
- dumb
- dusk
- dusky
- faded
- flat
- gray
- ill-defined
- indistinct
- lightless
- mat
- monotone
- monotonous
- murky
- muted
- oafish
- obscured
- obtuse
- opaque
- overcast
- pale
- poorly lit
- shadowy
- skeptical
- slow
- slow on uptake
- somber
- stupid
- sullied
- suspicious
- tarnished
- tenebrous
- thick
- unclear
- unilluminated
- unpromising
- vague
- weak
- weak-minded
Définition of dimmer
Origin :- 1822, agent noun from dim (v.). Of mechanisms for reducing the brightness of electric lights, from 1905.
- adj darkish
- adj unfavorable with regard to opinion
- adj not very intelligent
- Her vision was dimmer and her spirit at times withdrawn, remote.
- Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
- Little by little, the image of the Woman grew dimmer and dimmer.
- Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
- The greater the distance the dimmer this confined air appears.
- Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
- Sometimes it is smaller and dimmer; then the Gone Ones rest and sleep.
- Extract from : « Oomphel in the Sky » by Henry Beam Piper
- The light got poorer and dimmer and there was a shorter lasting of it.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1915 » by Various
- Dwindling smaller, dimmer, until in a moment it was gone into the Unknown.
- Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings
- It was dim against the night sky, and the garden was dimmer still.
- Extract from : « Simon » by J. Storer Clouston
- Scarcely could we see the light; dimmer and dimmer it grew; then we looked—it had disappeared!
- Extract from : « A Voyage round the World » by W.H.G. Kingston
- The breath of his emphasis blew, as her eyes showed, on the girl's dimmer fire.
- Extract from : « The Outcry » by Henry James
- Seals are used to swimming under water where light is dimmer.
- Extract from : « The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Antonyms for dimmer
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