bedim

American  

[bih-dim] / bɪˈdɪm /

verb (used with object)

bedimmed, bedimming

1. to make dim; darken; obscure.

   Synonyms:

   muddle, shroud, overcast, becloud

   Antonyms:

   brighten, illumine

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bedim British  

/ bɪˈdɪm /

verb

1. (tr) to make dim or obscure

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Other Word Forms

• unbedimmed
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of bedim

First recorded in 1560–70; be- + dim

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bedim bedimmed bedimming

The darkening cinematic mood that has engulfed even 007 won't be allowed to bedim the Dolby Theatre.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 21, 2013

Ash and dust bedim the sky, blocking the sun's light.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Three moons have waned, and the Palmer, again, By Gertrude stands, and smileth fain; Nor of haste, nor of death, speaks the Palmer, now; Nor doth sadness or sorrow bedim his brow.

From The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme by Cooper, Thomas

I fain would know if, when I heave a sigh, Tears e'er bedim thy sympathetic eye?

From The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Cowherd, Thomas

Here is his sure title to nobility—a title that neither time nor eternity can ever tarnish or bedim.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.

She even transmitted a soupçon of the old glow to the bedimmed office of the presidency in the television series “24.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2010

What is so sad as a Kim bedimmed?

From Time Magazine Archive

Thine eyes are bedimmed with the visions of Night, And silent and cold—I perceive on thy brow In their turns—Despair and Madness alight.

From The Flowers of Evil by Baudelaire, Charles

The man behind the dead horse lifted himself and strained his bedimmed eyes, seeing the youthful rider shoot past in pursuit of the savages.

From Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends by Standish, Burt L.

The steam mounting from the glass bedimmed his spectacles.

From Corporal Sam and Other Stories by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Keen rushed the light In quivering splendor from the writhen flash; Strong though they were, intolerable smote Their orbs of sight, and with bedimming glare Scorched up their blasted vision.

From Mosaics of Grecian History by Willson, Marcius

It seemed as if never so thin a gauze had been drawn over the face of the sun, just faintly bedimming, without obscuring it.

From The Cardinal's Snuff-Box by Harland, Henry

The daylight from the street then entered in a lurid stream, bedimming the glare of lamps and candles.

From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile

It is precisely those superstitions which hang about your mind like bedimming clouds, my Romola, that make one great reason why I could wish we were two hundred leagues from Florence.

From Romola by Eliot, George

Queen Anaïtis was very beautiful, even under his bedimming shadow.

From Jurgen A Comedy of Justice by Cabell, James Branch