bedim

verb

bi-ˈdim How to pronounce bedim (audio)
Definition of bedimnext
as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct the view from the mountain's summit is often bedimmed by haze

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedim
  1. obscure
  2. blur
  3. darken
  4. dim
  5. blacken
  6. cloud
  7. mist
  8. becloud
Verb
  • Totality — when the sun is completely obscured — is only visible within the narrow path of the moon's shadow.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • No political spin, just a focus on the numbers from governments’ own reports and how their unique accounting rules and financial definitions are obscuring the full truth of their financial story.
    — Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of obscure
Verb
  • Some diligently blur out the faces of guests who are in the vicinity and captured on camera.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Her new liquid foundation—the brand’s first—utilizes amino acid powders to blur and mattify the appearance of pores sans dryness for a finish that’s natural, skinlike, and exceptionally diffused.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of blur
Verb
  • In locations where the eclipse will occur around sunset, people may see Perseid meteors during totality, the minutes when the moon fully blocks the sun’s light, leaving a fiery ring and temporarily darkening the skies.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Severe weather cut power Tuesday in the Chicago area and northwestern Indiana as perilous storms pummeled the region, darkening the sky and carrying extreme wind gusts across state lines.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of darken
Verb
  • Artificial light remains the single greatest obstacle to seeing the Perseids at their best, as light pollution washes out fainter meteors and dims the Milky Way overhead.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The problem is that UNC did not need to be vaulted onto the national college football scene, with a brand that had already established a name behind past success, even if that spotlight had dimmed in previous years.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of dim
Verb
  • The old silver and gold shops, their facades blackened by time, were gone.
    — Lina Sergie Attar, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
  • It was blackened, charred, the conductor that had drawn the single precise punch of lightning.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 July 2026
Definition of blacken
Verb
  • Then Kris drifts outside, her face clouding, followed by Billy.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
  • As Venus and Neptune tussle, your romantic judgment gets clouded.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of cloud
Verb
  • Throughout the grounds, shaded seating areas, misting stations, and more than 40,000 plants and 1,200 trees offer reprieve from the August heat.
    — Hanlon Walsh, Midwest Living, 6 Aug. 2026
  • During spells of extreme heat and humidity, zoos should give lions ample shade, deploy cooling pads, and mist them with water, Whitnall said.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of mist
Verb
  • But instead of sounding the alarm, defendants went out of their way to becloud the emerging scientific consensus.
    — Edward Fitzpatrick, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • His flacks and surrogates hand out scraps of information grudgingly, infrequently, and beclouded by fragrant eructations of doublespeak.
    — Charles Seife, Slate Magazine, 1 Mar. 2017
Definition of becloud
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“Bedim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedim. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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