dimmed

4 2.5

Less bright when someone turns the light down

adjective
/dɪmd/

: atenuado

Now that the room lights are dimmed, we can see the effect much better in the lower part of the screen.

It feels like a little more dimmed version of Citrine by Zhuway.

Examples

But the Starlight is dimmed a little bit when that happens.
She adjusted the lamp until the light was pleasantly dimmed for reading.
As the sun set, the streetlights gradually dimmed, providing a softer glow.
The stage was dimmed to create a more intimate atmosphere for the performance.

Synonyms

dim

vsdimmed

74 1.0

Not bright and having only a little light

is about an action that reduces brightness rather than fixed low light

darkened

vsdimmed

39 3.4

A place with less light than usual

is about lowering brightness without necessarily reaching very low light

attenuated

vsdimmed

4 7.2

Made weaker or less strong

is limited to lowering light brightness rather than broad technical weakening

dulled

vsdimmed

1 4.3

Made less strong or clear

is specifically about lowering light brightness rather than general weakening

bedimmed

vsdimmed

Literature

1 9.9

Made less bright and hard to see by things like tears or dust

is the neutral everyday term rather than a literary expression

Antonyms

undimmed

1 5.9

Stays as strong or bright as before

How Bright

bright

257 1.0

lit

171 1.0

dimmed

4 2.5

dark

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

dimmed positive

Morphology

dimmed = dim (transparent) = dim + ed

Formed by the regular past-participle/adjectival '-ed' on the verb 'dim'; meaning is directly derived and obvious to learners.

Etymology

Dimmed comes from the simple word dim, which means 'not bright', so it describes a light that has been made less bright. Think of a dimmer switch slowly lowering the room's light — that's why dimmed means 'reduced brightness'.