muted
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4.0
- adjective
- /mjuːtɪd/
:
atenuado
- He spoke in a muted voice so as not to disturb the others in the library.
- muted response
- muted tones
- muted voices
I'm in sport mode right now and the exhaust is more muted than usual.
- I'm in sport mode right now and the exhaust is more muted than usual.
Examples
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The room is absolutely silent, except for the muted scratch of pens on paper.
Fiction book (1990) -
I have always had more muted tones in my life.
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The challenge to the financial system was more muted than in South Korea.
Academic text (2002) -
Basically it's like a nice kind of muted brick red color.
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I suppose I'll do some muted jazz here.
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People talk about the works in muted voices, as if they are serious works of art.
Fiction book (1995) -
Look at that, yellow and purple become muted to create a muted purple.
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So we've had a muted impact.
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The sound of shots was coming less frequently, and the muted shouts seemed more distant, too.
Fiction book (1994) -
It goes from really bright, colorful summer colors to quite muted and quite dark hues.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not making much noise
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1.0
Quiet and hard to hear
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3.7
A sound made quieter and less clear by something covering or blocking it
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4.1
Very quiet in a careful, respectful, or secret way
15
1.6
A pain that is not sharp and not strong
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4.2
Soft and not bright, like pale colors or quiet sounds
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7.2
Made weaker or less strong
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5.9
Quiet and simple in style, not showy
Made less strong, harsh, or loud
A voice or sound that is quiet and low
Made quiet or unable to speak by something outside
Antonyms
How Muted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Muted comes from the Latin word mutus meaning 'silent' and is the same root as mute. Think of a 'mute' button that makes sound quiet, which is why muted means made softer or quieter.