dimmed

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

62 1.0

Not bright and having only a little light

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

attenuated

vsdimmed

1 7.2

Made weaker or less strong

is limited to lowering light brightness rather than broad technical weakening

bedimmed

vsdimmed

Literature

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

darkened

vsdimmed

3.4

A place with less light than usual

is about lowering brightness without necessarily reaching very low light

dulled

vsdimmed

4.3

Made less strong or clear

is specifically about lowering light brightness rather than general weakening

Antonyms

undimmed

1 5.9

Stays as strong or bright as before

How Bright

bright

235 1.0

lit

1.0

dimmed

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'.