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Definition of dimness:

Dullness, or want of clearness, of vision or of intellectual perception.
The state or quality being dim; lack of brightness, clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity.

Synonyms:

duskiness, faintheartedness, dark, faintness, subduedness, light, meekness, swarthiness, obscureness.

blackness (part of speech: noun)
- dinginess,
- darkness,
- gloom,
- jet blackness,
- night,
- blackness
dimness (part of speech: noun)
- fogginess,
- twilight,
- bleariness,
- half-light,
- haziness,
- faintness,
- vagueness,
- filminess,
- shadow,
- indistinctness,
- murkiness,
- cloudiness
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
darkness (part of speech: noun)
- dreariness,
- inkiness,
- blackness,
- somberness,
- gloominess,
- darkness,
- cloudiness,
- shadow,
- duskiness,
- obscurity

Usage examples:

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.