1. (n.) The state or quality / being dim; lack of brightness, clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity.

2. (n.) Dullness, or want of clearness, of vision or of intellectual perception.

adiaphanousness anemia ashiness asininity bad light bleariness blockishness bloodlessness blur blurriness boobishness boorishness bovinity cadaverousness chloranemia cloddishness cloudiness crassness crudeness darkishness darkness darksomeness deadness deathly hue deathly pallor decrescendo defocus denseness density dim dim light dim-wittedness doltishness drabness dull-wittedness dullardism dullness dumbness duncery dusk duskiness duskness exsanguination fadedness faintness fairness feebleness filminess flatness fogginess fuzziness gentleness ghastliness gloaming grossness haggardness half-light half-visibility haziness hebetude hypochromia hypochromic anemia imperviousness to light indefiniteness indistinctness indistinguishability intransparency lack of sparkle lackluster lethargy lifelessness lightness lividness loutishness low profile lowness lumpishness lusterlessness mat mat finish mistiness muddiness murk murkiness ninnyism oafdom oafishness obscurity obtuseness opacity opaque opaqueness paleness pallidity pallidness pallor partial darkness pastiness prison pallor roil roiledness sallowness semidark semivisibility shadowiness sickliness sickly hue simpletonianism slowness sluggishness soft focus softness somberness sottishness stolidity stupidity subaudibility subduedness thick-headedness thick-wittedness turbidity turbidness twilight uncertainty unclearness unplainness unteachability vague appearance vagueness wanness weakness wrongheadedness yokelism