dimmest

Adjective

dim (comparative dimmer, superlative dimmest)

1. Not bright or colorful.
   • The lighting was too dim for me to make out his facial features.

   Synonyms:

   dull, dingy

2. (colloquial) Not smart or intelligent.
   • He may be a bit dim, but he's not entirely stupid.

   Synonyms:

   addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded

3. Indistinct, hazy or unclear.
   • His vision grew dimmer as he aged.

   Synonyms:

   fuzzy, distant, hazy, ill-defined, ill-marked, indefinite, indistinct, indistinguishable, muzzy, obscure

4. Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of.

   Synonyms:

   deprecative, improbatory, reprobative, reprobatory

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