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Definition of dimness:
Synonyms:
duskiness, faintheartedness, dark, faintness, subduedness, light, meekness, swarthiness, obscureness.
- blackness (part of speech: noun)
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dimness (part of speech: noun)
- fogginess,
- twilight,
- bleariness,
- half-light,
- haziness,
- faintness,
- vagueness,
- filminess,
- shadow,
- indistinctness,
- murkiness,
- cloudiness
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dullness (part of speech: noun)
- doltishness,
- obtuseness,
- benumbedness,
- sluggishness,
- sopor,
- ponderousness,
- denseness,
- lethargy,
- stupidness,
- bluntness,
- drowsiness,
- sleepiness,
- stupefaction,
- cloddishness,
- slowness,
- thick-wittedness,
- boorishness,
- apathy,
- dullness
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darkness (part of speech: noun)
- dreariness,
- inkiness,
- blackness,
- somberness,
- gloominess,
- darkness,
- cloudiness,
- shadow,
- duskiness,
- obscurity
Usage examples:
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In the hurly of the combat and confusion of the night, with the dimness streaked with tumult, and the water gashed with fire, that horse and this dog might have gone on for ever, bewailing the nature of the sons of men, unless a special fortune had put power into their mouths.
- "Springhaven A Tale of the Great War", R. D. Blackmore. -
And as I listened the flower faded into the dimness of the hills."
- "The Blue Flower, and Others", Henry van Dyke. -
Here and there, far- away, the mysterious dimness was relieved by the red glow of a grass fire, or might it be the weird signal of plotting savages?
- "Harley Greenoak's Charge", Bertram Mitford.