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Meanings of dimness in English

Catalan
penombra
Spanish
oscuridad

The state of being poorly illuminated.

penombra

The property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity.

Synonyms
Examples for "duskiness"
Examples for "duskiness"
1
But all the ways of the owl are ways of softness and duskiness.
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers
2
One ghastly vision flashed and faded and flashed upon the background of the duskiness.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
3
Her complexion had not altogether lost the duskiness which came from her outdoor life.
The Governors
4
His duskiness was accentuated by low and intensely black brows, and deep-set, heavy-lidded eyes.
The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
5
It made only a hole of shine in the general duskiness of the big dining-room.
Old Caravan Days

The quality of being dim or lacking contrast.

Usage of dimness in English
1
Her eyes were still upraised to his; they glittered in the dimness.
Charles Rex
2
He smiled often, staining the dimness with a set of fine teeth.
Say you're one of them
3
There was no weakness in his voice or dimness in his eye.
Cobwebs and Cables
4
The sea lay leaden far below him, barely visible in the dimness.
The Obstacle Race
5
For the room swam around her in a kind of disordered dimness.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World
6
She only saw the dimness in his eyes as he went on.
The Survivor
7
His eyes flickered very rapidly as he faced Noel in the dimness.
The Keeper of the Door
8
A huge iron crane towered up, tall and melancholy in the dimness.
The Gadfly
9
Once more the dimness of light within at first limited his vision.
Mister Slaughter
10
I am bending over my desk in the dimness, writing this letter.
Glimpses of Bengal / Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindrana...
11
There is a pleasant dimness and uncertainty in my mode of being.
Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance
12
Long-Hair stood proudly erect, like a colossal dark statue in the dimness.
Alice of Old Vincennes
13
They stood face to face in the dimness, neither uttering a word.
The Keeper of the Door
14
They wandered into the fragrant dimness of the pergola, and sat down.
The Best Ghost Stories
15
His cheeks burned; he was glad of the dimness of the room.
Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven
16
The dimness of earth with me, the light of heaven with them.
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
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Translations for dimness
Dimness through the time
Dimness across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common