dimmed
dimd
- v switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- v become dim or lusterless
the lights dimmed and the curtain rose - v make dim or lusterless
Time had dimmed the silver - v make dim by comparison or conceal
- v become vague or indistinct
- a made dim or less bright
the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation
dimmed headlights
we like dimmed lights when we have dinner
- But when he died last week at 88, that consolation was dimmed by the knowledge that the culture that produced him -- especially the songwriters whose work gave wings to his feet .
- He is the Shavian Life Force poured into a long, lean, fierce-mustached Greek whose 65 years in the Mediterranean sun have neither dimmed his hawk eyes nor dulled his pagan .
- In the dimmed cabin light, his dark, impassive face seemed enlivened only by his big, shiny, compelling eyes.