Dim
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

DIP
A brief swim in water

SUM
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

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SLUR
A blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"

DARK
An unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"

BLUR
A hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"

DULL
Make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"

DUMB
Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

SLOW
(of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"

FADE
Gradually ceasing to be visible

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LOWER
The lower of two berths

UNLIT
Without illumination; "came up the lightless stairs"; "the unilluminated side of Mars"; "through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets"

BLEAR
Make dim or indistinct; "The fog blurs my vision"

DUSKY
Lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river"

VAGUE
Not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke

FAINT
Lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"

DENSE
Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

BLIND
A protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"

DINGY
Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"

WISPY
Lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"

BLACK
(board games) the darker pieces

BLEAK
Offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"

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SOMBRE
Grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"

DARKEN
Tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"

DIMMED
Made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"

OBTUSE
Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

STUPID
In a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was stupid from fatigue"

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OBSCURE
Reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

SHADOWY
Filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"

SUBDUED
Not brilliant or glaring; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft pastel colors"; "subdued lighting"

BECLOUD
Make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"

8 letters

HOPELESS
Certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless"

10 letters

PEABRAINED

INDISTINCT
Not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"

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UNFAVORABLE
Not favorable; "made an unfavorable impression"; "unfavorable reviews"