Synonyms:
dim, subdued
Meaning: lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"
Synonyms:
dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy
Meaning: lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"
Usage examples
Hope was far and dim
Like the dim scent in violets
But both were dim, dropped somewhere into a lesser scale.
Stumbling through the night, To my dim lattice, O calling Christ!
Nurse was making gruel in the kitchen, and the room was dim and quiet.
But all these are but dreams and fables, and dim hints of unknown lands.
There was a great passing to and fro in Vicksburg, but its lights were dim.
"My eyes are dim with always gazing into that devil's pincushion through which you come.
Mrs. Ashe spoke gayly, but her brown eyes were dim with tears as she ended her little appeal.
"How did it happen?" the latter inquired, recognizing Darrell for the first time in the dim light.