bedim

Cloud the vision

To bedim is to make dim or obscure—to darken or cloud something that was once clear or bright: Tears bedimmed her eyes.

The word is literary and old-fashioned, appearing mostly in poetry and elevated prose.

Grief or age might bedim one's vision; fog might bedim a landscape.

obscure

veil

Fabric that obscures

  • shroudBurial cloth or covering
  • cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
  • fogLow-lying cloud cover

blur · haze · mist · befog · obfuscate · mask · cloak · screen · enshroud · becloud

darken

shadow

Light blocked by object

  • obscureUnknown to most
  • murkThick atmospheric darkness
  • gloomPervasive dimness or dejection

dusk · twilight · nightfall · shade · blacken · eclipse · tenebrous · crepuscular · umbra · penumbra

diminish

dull

Lacking edge or interest

  • fadeLose intensity gradually
  • muteWithout voice or sound
  • softenMake less firm

lessen · weaken · pale · wan · faint · subdued · lackluster · tarnish · wane · dampen

Opposites
light/brightness

bedimilluminate

Supply with radiance

brighten · light · lighten · illumine · light up

clarity/obscurity

bedimreveal

Make something visible

unveil · expose · uncover · clarify · clear

Family

dim, dimness, dimly, dims, dimmed, dimming, dimmest, undimmed, dimmers

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