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muted
adjective as in delicate
adjective as in dim
adjective as in dull
adjective as in faint
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adjective as in flat
adjective as in gentle
adjective as in grave
adjective as in hollow
adjective as in hushed
adjective as in inaudible
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adjective as in inconspicuous
adjective as in inobtrusive
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- buttoned-up
- clammed up
- close
- close-mouthed
- could hear a pin drop
- dumb
- hushed
- hushful
- inaudible
- low
- low-pitched
- muffled
- mute
- noiseless
- not saying boo
- peaceful
- quiescent
- quieted
- reserved
- restrained
- reticent
- secretive
- silent
- soft
- soundless
- speechless
- still
- stilled
- subdued
- taciturn
- tasteful
- tight-lipped
- uncommunicative
- unexpressed
- unobtrusive
- unspeaking
- unuttered
- whist
adjective as in lackluster
adjective as in low-key
adjective as in low-pitched
adjective as in muffled
adjective as in mum
adjective as in noiseless
adjective as in plain
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adjective as in quiet
adjective as in restrained
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adjective as in silenced
adjective as in silent
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- bashful
- buttoned-up
- checked
- clammed up
- close
- closed-up
- closemouthed
- curbed
- dumb
- dummied up
- faint
- hush
- iced
- inarticulate
- incoherent
- inconversable
- indistinct
- inhibited
- laconic
- mousy
- noiseless
- nonvocal
- not talkative
- reserved
- shy
- silentious
- soundless
- still
- struck dumb
- taciturn
- tongue-tied
- unclear
- uncommunicative
- unheard
- unsociable
- unspeaking
- voiceless
- wordless
- zipped
adjective as in soft
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adjective as in subdued
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adjective as in tight-lipped
adjective as in unconspicuous
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Example Sentences
But the softness, the muted quality in turn became an aesthetic.
When he accepted the prize, he delivered a speech that has been unfairly ignored because his delivery was so muted.
But their voices were muted by hundreds of anti-war slogans.
The easily concealable and muted weapon would allow him to sneak up on his victims and get away afterward to kill again.
Within 10 seconds, his target vanishes in a muted cloud of smoke and rubble 7,000 miles away.
Each man gazed on the other, trying to find some word that might be fitting, but each muted by the dead weight of half a century.
Momentarily they touched helmets, and Brownie's excited voice came to him, muted, but breathless.
Dalgetty had to squint to see in and the muted light of the tavern was a harsh glare when his pupils were so distended.
The tone of the muted horn, for example, is perfectly familiar to the average musician.
The footfalls were muted on the polished pavement as the people passed slowly, their voices carrying a hint of puzzled uneasiness.
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On this page you'll find 1125 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to muted, such as: delicious, delightful, elegant, exquisite, fragile, and gentle.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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