'Dimness' definitions:
Definition of 'dimness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being poorly illuminated [syn: dimness, duskiness]
noun
The property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity [syn: dimness, subduedness]
noun
The quality of being dim or lacking contrast [syn: dimness, faintness]
Definition of 'Dimness'
From: GCIDE
- 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: Darkness; obscurity; gloom. See Darkness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dimness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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