muted

Speech parts

1. muted - Adjective

2. muted - Verb

3. muted - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

being or made softer or less loud or clear

in a softened tone

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

quiet dull subdued softened muffled hushed matt lite less low light soundless flat weak soft
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Antonyms

golden regal roaring gaudy tinsel cadent
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Phrases with the word

speak in muted tones muted culture muted grey muted lace muted valet say in muted tones

Examples

It was not hard to persuade people that the market was sound; as always in such times they asked only that the disturbing voices of doubt be muted and that there be tolerably frequent expressions of confidence. John Kenneth Galbraith

Better a dish of husks to the accompaniment of a muted lute than to be satiated with stewed shark's fin and rich spiced wine of which the cost is frequently mentioned by the provider. Ernest Bramah

Recently I have felt just what the mood of colors means to me: it means that everything in this picture changes its local color according to the same principle and that thereby all muted tones blend in a unified relationship, one to the other. Paula Modersohn-Becker

It is shaming sometimes how the body will not, or cannot, lie about emotions. Who, for decorum's sake, has ever slowed his heart, or muted a blush? Ian McEwan

Making love without noise is like playing a muted piano-fine for practice, but you cheat yourself out of hearing the glorious results. David Levithan

Even colors were important to me. If it was a somber scene, the colors were muted and dark. If it was a happy or seductive scene, the colors were brighter. Donna Mills

Close letter words and terms

mute-hill mute-o muteable muted attendant muted culture muted grey