subdued

Speech parts

1. subdued - Adjective

2. subdued - Verb

4. subdued - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Subdue

Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.

Not glaring in color; soft in tone.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

soft quiet hushed muted meek low defeated broken mild modest beaten depressed gentle restrained submissive
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Antonyms

strong active gaudy disconcerted cadent BIG
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Phrases with the word

subdued red less subdued subdued captive

Examples

Nothing is more powerful than meekness. For as fire is extinguished by water, so a mind inflated by anger is subdued by meekness. By meekness we practice and make known our virtue, and also cause the indignation of our brother to cease, and deliver his mind from perturbation. John Chrysostom

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. Washington Irving

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order. Samuel Butler (novelist)

God only pours out his light into the mind after having subdued the rebellion of the will by an altogether heavenly gentleness which charms and wins it. Blaise Pascal

Life consists with wildness. The most alive is the wildest. Not yet subdued to man, its presence refreshes him. Henry David Thoreau

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued. Jean Rostand

Close letter words and terms

subductive subductively subdue subdued red subduedly subduedness