Hopes of a peaceful settlement have dimmed. 2 REDUCE if a feeling, quality etc dims or is dimmed, it grows weaker or less Even the rain could not dim their enthusiasm. dim dim 2 verb ( dimmed, dimming ) 1 BRIGHT# if a light dims, or if you dim it, it becomes less bright The lights in the theatre began to dim. There was enough starlight coming in the window to make out the dim shapes of bunkbeds and rucksacks.That first visit when I stayed at the Al Ain Hilton seemed in the dim past.He saw the dim outline of the taxi-driver's head inside the cab.We could only see a dim outline of a ship in the distance.It was impossible to read by the dim light of the fire.His face shadowed by the dim light, he crept out and slipped through a door behind the bridge.There was nothing in the room but a table, a chair, and a dim lamp.For many students the 1970s are dim history.I was led through a dim hallway to his office.He turned, his eyes resting momentarily upon the dim, grey shape of the funerary couch.Dying embers gave out a dim glow in the hearth.There were those in the dim corridors of Headquarters who said that his rise had been too fast.She's not the brightest kid in the class - in fact, she's quite dim.I'm playing a guy who's well-meaning but kind of dim.The reading light over her seat is dim.dimness noun Examples from the Corpus dim 7 → in the dim and distant past 8 not intelligent informal STUPID/NOT INTELLIGENT not intelligent You can be really dim sometimes! - dimly adverb a dimly lit room She was only dimly aware of the risk. 6 future chances FAIL if your chances of success in the future are dim, they are not good Prospects for an early settlement of the dispute are dim. 3 → take a dim view of something 4 → dim recollection/awareness etc 5 eyes literary BRIGHT# dim eyes are weak and cannot see well Isaac was old and his eyes were dim. ○○ adjective ( comparative dimmer, superlative dimmest ) 1 dark DARK fairly dark or not giving much light, so that you cannot see well OPP bright in the dim light of the early dawn a dim glow ► see thesaurus at dark 2 shape CF a dim shape is one which is not easy to see because it is too far away, or there is not enough light The dim outline of a building loomed up out of the mist.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English dim dim 1 / dɪm /
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