1. muted - Adjective
2. muted - Verb
3. muted - Adjective Satellite
being or made softer or less loud or clear
in a softened tone
Source: WordNetIt 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