DIM

dim. Dim, a. dark, not clear in fight or apprehension

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Dim (?), a. [Compar. Dimmer (?); superl. Dimmest (?).] [[AS. dim; akin to OFries. dim, Icel. dimmr: cf. MHG. timmer, timber; of uncertain origin.]] 1. 1. Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.
The dim magnificence of poetry. Whewell. How is the gold become dim! Lam. iv. 1. I never saw The heavens so dim by day. Shak. Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. Wordsworth. 2. 2. Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. Job xvii. 7. The understanding is dim. Rogers. ☞ Obvious compounds: dim-eyed; dim-sighted, etc. Syn. — Obscure; dusky; dark; mysterious; imperfect; dull; sullied; tarnished.