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OFries. dim, Icel. dimmr: cf. MHG. timmer, timber; of uncertain 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.

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OFries. dim, Icel. dimmr: cf. MHG. timmer, timber; of uncertain 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. 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. Note: Obvious compounds: dim-eyed; dim-sighted, etc. Syn. -- Obscure; dusky; dark; mysterious; imperfect; dull; sullied; tarnished.

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  • FADAISE
    A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense.
  • DARKEN
    Etym: 1. To make dark or black; to deprite of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. They covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. Ex. x. 15. So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. Milton.
  • FAINT
    feint, false, faint, F. feint, p.p. of feindre to feign, suppose, 1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst. 2. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed;
  • CLOUD
    arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks 1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, susponded in the upper atmosphere. I do set my bow in the cloud. Gen. ix. 13. Note: A classification of clouds according
  • OPAQUENESS
    The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity. Dr. H. More.
  • BLACK LETTER
    The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type.
  • OBSCURENESS
    Obscurity. Bp. Hall.
  • SHADOWY
    1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." Fenton. This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. Shak. 2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow. 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. The moon
  • BLACKEN
    Etym: 1. To make or render black. While the long funerals blacken all the way. Pope 2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. "Blackened the whole heavens." South. 3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens
  • INEXPLICABLE
    Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable mystery. "An inexplicable scratching." Cowper. Their reason is disturbed; their views become vast and perplexed, to others
  • MOURNFUL
    Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express, sorrow; mourning; grieving; sad; also, causing sorrow; saddening; grievous; as, a mournful person; mournful looks, tones, loss. -- Mourn"ful*ly, adv. -- Mourn"ful*ness, n. Syn. -- Sorrowful;
  • OBSCURER
    One who, or that which, obscures.
  • BESOTTINGLY
    In a besotting manner.
  • BLACKWATER STATE
    Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil.
  • SOILY
    Dirty; soiled. Fuller.
  • DISMALLY
    In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
  • SECRETE
    To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion. Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not known. Carpenter. Syn. -- To conceal; hide. See
  • GLOOMY
    1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." Milton. 2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper
  • CLOUDINESS
    The state of being cloudy.
  • SOILURE
    Stain; pollution. Shak. Then fearing rust or soilure, fashioned for it A case of silk. Tennyson.
  • DINGEY; DINGY; DINGHY
    1. A kind of boat used in the East Indies. Malcom. 2. A ship's smallest boat.
  • INDECOMPOSABLENESS
    Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence; durability.
  • UNDERSECRETARY
    A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
  • OVERFATIGUE
    Excessive fatigue.
  • UNDERSOIL
    The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.
  • REPLEVISABLE
    Repleviable. Sir M. Hale.
  • FRANKFORT BLACK
    . A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath.
  • INDISPENSABLENESS
    The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary. S. Clarke.
  • CLEANSABLE
    Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.
  • IMPOSABLE
    Capable of being imposed or laid on. Hammond.
  • ENIGMATIC; ENIGMATICAL
    Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.
  • TRUSTY
    1. Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable. Your trusty and most valiant servitor. Shak. 2. Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm. His trusty sword he called to his
  • DISPENSABLE
    1. Capable of being dispensed or administered. 2. Capable of being dispensed with. Coleridge.

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