dimness

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun dimness has 3 senses

dimness(n = noun.state) duskiness - the state of being poorly illuminated; Array

is a kind of semidarkness

Derived form adjective dim₃

dimness(n = noun.attribute) subduedness - the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity; Array

is a kind of dullness

Derived form adjective dim₁

dimness(n = noun.attribute) faintness - the quality of being dim or lacking contrast; Array

is a kind of blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness

Derived form adjective dim₂

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THESAURUS

dimness

adiaphanousness, anemia, ashiness, asininity, bad light, bleariness, blockishness, bloodlessness, blur, blurriness, boobishness, boorishness, bovinity, cadaverousness, chloranemia, cloddishness, cloudiness, crassness, crudeness, darkishness, darkness, darksomeness, deadness, deathly hue, deathly pallor, decrescendo, defocus, denseness, density, dim, dim light, dim-wittedness, doltishness, drabness, dull-wittedness, dullardism, dullness, dumbness, duncery, dusk, duskiness, duskness, exsanguination, fadedness, faintness, fairness, feebleness, filminess, flatness, fogginess, fuzziness, gentleness, ghastliness, gloaming, grossness, haggardness, half-light, half-visibility, haziness, hebetude, hypochromia, hypochromic anemia, imperviousness to light, indefiniteness, indistinctness, indistinguishability, intransparency, lack of sparkle, lackluster, lethargy, lifelessness, lightness, lividness, loutishness, low profile, lowness, lumpishness, lusterlessness, mat, mat finish, mistiness, muddiness, murk, murkiness, ninnyism, oafdom, oafishness, obscurity, obtuseness, opacity, opaque, opaqueness, paleness, pallidity, pallidness, pallor, partial darkness, pastiness, prison pallor, roil, roiledness, sallowness, semidark, semivisibility, shadowiness, sickliness, sickly hue, simpletonianism, slowness, sluggishness, soft focus, softness, somberness, sottishness, stolidity, stupidity, subaudibility, subduedness, thick-headedness, thick-wittedness, turbidity, turbidness, twilight, uncertainty, unclearness, unplainness, unteachability, vague appearance, vagueness, wanness, weakness, wrongheadedness, yokelism

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dimness

Dimness

N dimness, darkness, paleness, half light, demi-jour, partial shadow, partial eclipse, shadow of a shade, glimmer, gliming, nebulosity, cloud, eclipse, aurora, dusk, twilight, shades of evening, crepuscule, cockshut time, break of day, daybreak, dawn, moonlight, moonbeam, moonglade, moonshine, starlight, owl's light, candlelight, rushlight, firelight, farthing candle, dim, dull, lackluster, dingy, darkish, shorn of its beams, dark, faint, shadowed forth, glassy, cloudy, misty, blear, muggy, fuliginous, nebulous, nebular, obnubilated, overcast, crepuscular, muddy, lurid, leaden, dun, dirty, looming, pale, confused.

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