-adj.2. weak, weakened, thin, thinned, attenuated, diluted; adulterated, Inf.doctored, Inf.watered orwatered down, (of alcohol or drugs) Inf.cut.
dim, adj.1. faint, weak, pale, imperceptible, hardly noticeable, indiscernible; vague, undefined, fuzzy, confused; nebulous, mysterious, unfathomable, incomprehensible.
2. ill-defined, unclear, indistinct, blurred, blurry, clouded, obscured; obfuscated, muffled, bleared.
3. shadowy, dark, gloomy, somber, tenebrous; gray, leaden, cloudy, hazy, misty, foggy, overcast, lowering; obscure, dusky, crepuscular, Archaic, caliginous.
4. lusterless, darkened, tarnished, dulled; dingy, sullied, smudgy, smirchy, dirty, dun; lurid, dismal, murky, muddy, opaque.
5. obtuse, dull-witted, slow-witted, dense, doltish, stupid.
6. take a dim view of disapprove of, view with disfavor, be displeased by; look askance at, reject, withhold sanction, refuse to accept; take exception to, set one's face against, turn one's nose up at.
-v. 7. darken, shade, shadow, bedim, turn down,
lower, Inf.douse; eclipse, cloud, cloud over, becloud, obscure, obfuscate, shroud.
8. fade, grow dim, pale, blur; flutter, waver, flicker, glimmer, blink,
dimension, n.1. measure, extent, expanse, range; length, extension, reach, stretch; compass, gauge, caliber, bore.
2. dimensions a. magnitude, size, volume, capac
ity; field, range, scope, extent, spread, span, sweep,
b. importance, greatness, weight, bigness; signif
icance, momentousness, import; seriousness, gravity, urgency.
diminish, v. 1. lessen, reduce, lower, abate, decrease, bate; contract, shrink, constrict, narrow; cut, pare, prune, truncate, crop, lop, dock, clip; condense, cut down, compress, shorten, abridge, scale down, boil down; abbreviate, curtail, cut short.
2. mitigate, alleviate, allay, assuage, Rare,
lenify,
palliate; appease, soothe, relieve, ease, soften, cushion, mollify; quell, slake, deaden, dull, blunt, take the edge off of; modify, temper, qualify; minimize, extenuate, make light of, soft-pedal, play down, downplay, underestimate, underrate.
3. subside, ebb, recede; dwindle, Inf.peter out; slacken, let up, wind down, slow down, de-escalate; fall off, wane, fade away, die out.
4. disparage, discredit, detract from; degrade, down
grade, debase, abase, vitiate; belittle, deprecate, demean, derogate; devaluate, depreciate, cheapen, attenuate; humble, humiliate, mortify, SI.put down.
diminution, n.1. reduction, cutback, lessening, diminishing, decrement, abatement, decrease, retrenchment; contraction, shrinking, shrinkage, constriction, constricting, narrowing; condensation, compression, shortening, abridgment, abbreviation, curtailment.