Bedim

Quick meaning: Bedim is a verb meaning (transitive) To make dim; to obscure or darken.

Meaning

(transitive) To make dim; to obscure or darken.

Example Sentences

There will be no folly, nor laughter, nor bedimming of truth […]

"Your voice is sad whene'er you speak / and tears bedim your loving eyes."

[…] by whose aid, / Weak masters though ye be, I have bedimm’d / The noontide sun […]

Often, when all was dry, the heavens cloudless, and I was parched by thirst, a slight cloud would bedim the sky, shed the few drops that revived me, and vanish.

Word Forms

• bedims
• bedimming
• bedimmed

Synonyms for bedim

Depending on context, synonyms include obscure, benight, overcloud.

Antonyms for bedim

Common opposites include clarify.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include benight, obscure, overcloud, muddle, cloud, bedarken.

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