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What is the adjective for dimness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb dim which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

dim
  1. Not bright or colorful.
  2. (colloquial) Not smart or intelligent.
  3. Indistinct, hazy or unclear.
  4. Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. dark, caliginous, dusky, gloomy, grey, shadowy, darkish, overcast, sombre, tenebrous, unlit, crepuscular, darkened, dimmed, nebulous, unilluminated, black, darksome, dingy, obscured, somber, darkling, lightless, murky, pitchy, rayless, shady, stygian, tenebrific, opaque, Cimmerian, dismal, dreary, gray, Stygian, ill-lit, pitch-black, pitch-dark, badly lit, poorly lit, obscure, dusk, sunless, misty, unlighted, cloudy, dull, clouded, foggy, inky … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Gus's father looked particularly worn down in the dim tavern lighting.”
      “The sun emitted dim rays of light and its reflection on the sea was moving constantly.”
      “The baying hounds triggered a dim ancestral memory of rapacious wolf packs hard-wired somewhere deep inside his brain.”
dimmable
  1. Able to be dimmed; able to have illumination decreased in brightness.
  2. Examples:
      3. “A curving, stretched-fabric ceiling has dimmable backlighting to allow shadow-free illumination for procedures.”
      “Some dimmable or multilevel electronic ballasts may be activated by PLC signals to cut lighting levels to minimally acceptable levels.”
      “In large open spaces, dimmable fluorescent fixtures will allow lighting levels to match changing conditions.”
dimmer
  1. comparative form of dim: more dim
  2. Synonyms:
      3. darker, duskier, gloomier, greyer, shadowier, sombrer, blacker, dingier, somberer, murkier, pitchier, shadier, drearier, grayer, more caliginous, more darkish, more overcast, more tenebrous, more unlit, more crepuscular, more nebulous, more darksome, more darkling, more stygian, more tenebrific, more opaque, more dismal, more Stygian, more pitch-black, duller, fainter, paler, flatter, pallider, wanner, wishy-washier, more lusterless, more lackluster, more lacklustre, more subdued, more achromatic, more faded, more lustreless, more subfusc, more ashen, more sullied, more tarnished … more
dimmy
  1. (dated) somewhat dim; dimmish
dimmish
  1. Somewhat dim.
  2. Examples:
      3. “From the dimmish light of the hallway, I opened my room's door to a small entryway and admired the hardwood floors.”
      “Notably, you'd not want to use it dimmish light, when people are moving quickly, without flash.”
      “The airport buildings were in darkness except for a few dimmish lights in the lounge.”
dimmest
  1. superlative form of dim: most dim
  2. Synonyms:
      3. darkest, duskiest, gloomiest, greyest, shadowiest, sombrest, blackest, dingiest, somberest, murkiest, pitchiest, shadiest, dreariest, grayest, most caliginous, most darkish, most overcast, most tenebrous, most unlit, most crepuscular, most nebulous, most darksome, most darkling, most stygian, most tenebrific, most opaque, most dismal, most Stygian, most pitch-black, dullest, faintest, palest, flattest, pallidest, wannest, wishy-washiest, most lusterless, most lackluster, most lacklustre, most subdued, most achromatic, most faded, most lustreless, most subfusc, most ashen, most sullied, most tarnished … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “This water feeds the deep currents, of whose courses we have only the dimmest knowledge.”
      “As the youngest of the six Mitford girls, she gaily called herself the slowest and dimmest.”
      “Red dwarfs are also the dimmest stars, with luminosities between about 0.0001 and 0.1 times that of the Sun.”
dimmed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dim
  2. Synonyms:
      3. lowered, bedimmed, darkened, dipped, faded, muted, paled, softened, subdued, dulled, made dim, made less intense, turned down, made faint, made less bright, blackened, grayed, greyed, loured, clouded over, grew dark, grown dark, grew darker, grown darker, grew dim, grown dim, grew leaden, grown leaden, became gloomy, become gloomy, became leaden, become leaden, became overcast, become overcast, blurred, dwindled, disappeared, ebbed, failed, receded, shrivelled, shriveled, waned, declined, dissolved, numbed … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “We followed the paramedics and the pool attendant to a dimmed room.”
dimming
  1. present participle of dim
  2. Synonyms:
      3. lowering, bedimming, darkening, dipping, fading, muting, paling, softening, subduing, dulling, making dim, making less intense, turning down, making faint, making less bright, blackening, graying, greying, louring, clouding over, growing dark, growing darker, growing dim, growing leaden, becoming gloomy, becoming leaden, becoming overcast, blurring, dwindling, disappearing, ebbing, failing, receding, shrivelling, shriveling, waning, declining, dissolving, numbing, subsiding, growing faint, growing feeble, petering out, becoming blurred, becoming indistinct … more
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