Dimness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dimness
       n 1: the state of being poorly illuminated [syn: {duskiness}]
       2: the property of lacking brilliance [syn: {subduedness}]
       3: the quality of being dim [syn: {faintness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  133 Moby Thesaurus words for "dimness":
     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