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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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dimly

/ˈdɪmli/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈdɪmli/

dimly

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final y vowel sound

dim - ly -> dimly

Myanmar meaning

(adv) မှေးမှေးမှိန်မှိန်။မသဲမကွဲ။

Full entry

dim /dÇm/ adj (-mmer, -mmest)

၁။ (က) မှိန်သော။ မှုန်သော။ မှုန်ဝါးသော။
in the dim glow of an oil-lamp ❍ the dim outline of the house in the moonlight.
(ခ) (နေရာ) မှောင်သော။ မှုန်မှုန်ဝါးဝါး။
a dim corridor with no windows.
၂။ (မျက်စိ) မှုန်သော၊ ဝါးသော။
His eyesight is getting dim.
၃။ ရေးရေးသာမှတ်မိသော။
a dim memory/recollection ❍ (joc ) Once, in the dim and distant past, I was a student here.
၄။ (infml ) (လူ)ထုံသော၊ ထိုင်းသော။
v (-mm-) မှိန်လိုက်သည်။ မှိန်သွားသည်။
The stage lights (were) dimmed as the curtain rose. ❍ Old age hasn't dimmed her memory.
❏ dimly adv မှုန်မှုန်မွှားမွှား။ မှိန်မှိန်။ ရေးရေး။
a dimly lit room ❍ Dimly, across the surface of the lake, she saw a black figure. ❍ I can dimly (ie only just) remember my fourth birthday. dimness n [U]
❏ dim-wit n (fml ) (esp as a form of address) ငတုံး။ ငအ။ ငတုံးတာ။
❏ dim-witted adj (infml ) တုံးသော။ အသော။
❏ take a dim view of sth [IDM ] (infml ) သဘောမကျ။ အမြင်မကြည်လင်။
She took a dim view of my suggestion.
dime /daÇm/ n အမေရိကန်နှင့် ကနေဒါသုံး ဆယ်ဆင့်တန် အကြွေစေ့။ ❍ cent¹
❏ a dime a dozen [IDM ] (infml ) အပေါစား။ Novels like this one are a dime a dozen.

More examples

The dim glow of the streetlamp
The room was very dim.
She caught a glimpse of a dim figure in the dark kitchen.
I had a dim recollection of a visit to a big dark house.
He only had a dim awareness of the issues involved.
Their hopes of victory were starting to look dim.

Synonyms

not bright, soft, faint, muted, weak, diffuse, after dark, after hours, badly lit, becloud, bedim, befog, before dawn, blah, blear, bleary, blur, blurred, blurry, boorish, caliginous, cloud, cloudy, crepuscule, dark, dark hours, darken, darken; obscure, darkish, dead of night, dense, depressing, dim-witted, dingy, disapproving, discouraging, doltish, dreary, dull, dumb, dusk, dusk to dawn, dusky, early black, eclipse, evening, fade, faded, flat, fog, fuzzy, gloaming, gloomy, gray, haze, hazy, ill-defined, indistinct, lackluster, late afternoon, lightless, lower, mat, monotone, monotonous, muddy, murky, night, nightfall, nighttide, oafish, obfuscate, obscured, obtuse, opaque, overcast, pale, pitch dark, poorly lit, reduce, shadowy, skeptical, slow, slow on uptake, somber, stupid, subdued, sullied, suspicious, tarnish, tarnished, tenebrous, thick, turn down, unclear, unilluminated, unpromising, vague, vesper, weak-minded

Antonyms

bright, brighten, brilliant, cheerful, clean, clear, clear up, distinct, encouraging, explain, favorable, good, happy, intelligent, joyful, light, lighten, lively, luminous, shining, smart, sparkling, strong, turn up, vivacious

Cross references

not bright soft faint muted weak diffuse after dark after hours badly lit becloud bedim befog before dawn blah blear bleary blur blurred blurry boorish caliginous cloud cloudy crepuscule dark dark hours darken darken; obscure

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