dimness

dimness
The state of being dim, poorly illuminated, almost dark.

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  • Dimness — Dim ness, n. [AS. dimness.] 1. The state or quality ? being dim; lack of brightness, clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity. [1913 Webster] 2. Dullness, or want of clearness, of vision or of intellectual perception. Dr. H. More. Syn:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dimness — index indistinctness, obscuration, opacity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Dimness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dimness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dimness dimness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 darkness darkness &c. 421 Sgm: N 1 paleness paleness &c.(light color) 429 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 half light half light …   English dictionary for students

  • dimness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Shadowiness Nouns dimness, obscurity, shadow, shade; darkness, opacity; partial darkness, partial shadow, partial eclipse; cloudiness; dusk, gloaming, twilight, evening, shades of evening; moonlight,… …   English dictionary for students

  • dimness — dim ► ADJECTIVE (dimmer, dimmest) 1) (of a light or illuminated object) not shining brightly or clearly. 2) made difficult to see by darkness, shade, or distance. 3) (of the eyes) not able to see clearly. 4) not clearly remembered. 5) informal… …   English terms dictionary

  • Dimness Profound — Album par Luna ad Noctum Sortie novembre 2002 Durée 38:46 Genre Black metal symphonique Label Pagan Records …   Wikipédia en Français

  • dimness — noun see dim I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • dimness — See dimly. * * * …   Universalium

  • dimness — Synonyms and related words: adiaphanousness, anemia, ashiness, asininity, bad light, bleariness, blockishness, bloodlessness, blur, blurriness, boobishness, boorishness, bovinity, cadaverousness, chloranemia, cloddishness, cloudiness, crassness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • dimness — sb. Ps. xvii. 10 …   Oldest English Words

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