dimmed
Turned down glow
Dimmed describes light or brightness that has been reduced or softened.
A dimmed lamp casts less light; dimmed headlights are set to low beam.
The word extends to anything that has lost intensity or clarity: dimmed hopes, dimmed memories, a dimmed reputation.
Eyes can be dimmed by tears or age.
The theater lights dimmed before the show began.
Made less bright
- shadowedFollowed covertly
- shadedBlocked from light
- loweredMoved downward or reduced
- softenedMade less severe
muted · faded · dulled · subdued · candlelit · ambient · twilit · dusky
Made hard to perceive
- blurredIndistinct, lacking clarity
- hazyUnclear, indistinct
- foggyObscured by vapor
- mistedObscured by vapor
cloudy · veiled · indistinct · unclear · smudged · gauzy · filmy · diffused
Made moist or subdued
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- lessenedMade or became smaller
- reducedMade less in amount
- temperedStrengthened through heat treatment
subdued · muted · quieted · dulled · blunted · deadened · numbed · suppressed
darkened
Made less bright
softened · muted · faded · dulled · subdued · candlelit · ambient · twilit · dusky · gloomy
obscured
Made hard to perceive
misted · cloudy · veiled · indistinct · unclear · smudged · gauzy · filmy · diffused · frosted
dampened
Made moist or subdued
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- lessenedMade or became smaller
- reducedMade less in amount
tempered · subdued · muted · quieted · dulled · blunted · deadened · numbed · suppressed · restrained
pale
Lacking color intensity
- washed-outLacking original vibrancy
- faintWeak and indistinct
- weakLacking power or force
dull · blanched · wan · bleached · lackluster · colorless · anemic · ghostly · watery · thin
dusk
Dimming after sundown
sundown · evening · crepuscular · afterglow · eventide · penumbra · vesper · half-light · nocturnal
- turned downdeclined, refused, rejected, nixed, vetoed
- UI statesactive, inactive, enabled, disabled, selected
- diminisheddevalued, lessened, decreased, depreciated, reduced
- visibilityvisibility, visible, invisible, hidden, hide
- drowned outmuffled, overpowered, inaudible, blotted out, covered up
dimmedbrightened
Made more luminous
intensified · illuminated · lit up · amplified · turned up
dimmedbrightened
Made more luminous
sharpened · clarified · intensified · heightened · revived
- dimmer switchLight level regulator
- dimmed lightsReduced artificial brightness
- dimmer switchesAdjustable lighting controls
- dimming lightsReducing illumination gradually
- dimmed lightingReduced light intensity
- dimmer lightAdjustable-brightness light source