[
US
/ˈdɪmd/
]
[ UK /dˈɪmd/ ]
[ UK /dˈɪmd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
made dim or less bright
the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation
dimmed headlights
we like dimmed lights when we have dinner
How To Use dimmed In A Sentence
- Her enthusiasm was undimmed by the paucity of choice on the high street at the time: 'My mum used to shop in menswear shops. Times, Sunday Times
- A rain squall dimmed the ward, and he closed the two nearest windows. THE OPEN DOOR
- Sixteen years later, her ardour hasn't dimmed.
- She quickly dimmed the lights, both outside and inside the vehicle.
- Everything was dark and his sight was dimmed by heavy fog.
- Without warning, the lights suddenly dimmed and began to go out.
- It was in the public forums, the interminable meetings that became routine, when attention wavered and respect dimmed. Times, Sunday Times
- But what was remarkable in the lady was, that although her features were handsome, and upon the whole pleasing, the pupil of each eye was dimmed with the whiteness of cataract, and she was evidently stone-blind. The Purcell Papers
- She said that neither the passage of time nor other matters had dimmed the public interest in their respective careers. Times, Sunday Times
- His tactical acumen has been rightly criticised, but in the end it seems even his motivational powers were dimmed when he lost his spark for the job.