subdued

subdued
Synonyms and related words:
Attic, Olympian, aesthetic, aloof, artistic, backward, barely audible, bashful, bated, blank, bowed-down, broken, brought low, calmed, cast down, chaste, chastened, chilled, chilly, choice, classic, cold, conquered, constrained, controlled, cool, creamy, crestfallen, crushed, damped, dampened, dashed, dead, deadened, decrescendo, dejected, delicate, depressed, despairing, despondent, desponding, detached, dim, discouraged, discreet, disheartened, dispirited, distant, domesticated, dovelike, down, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy, dull, dulled, eggshell, excellent, expressionless, faint, faint-voiced, feeble, feeling low, felled, flat, flattened, forbidding, frigid, frosty, gentle, gloss, grave, guarded, half-heard, heartless, housebroke, housebroken, humble, humbled, humiliated, hushed, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, icy, impassive, impersonal, in control, in good taste, in hand, in low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps, inaccessible, indistinct, introverted, iridescent, lamblike, languishing, light, limited, low, low-key, low-spirited, made to grovel, mastered, meek, mellow, mellowed, mild, moderated, modest, mother-of-pearl, muffled, murmured, muted, nacreous, of choice, of quality, offish, opalescent, pacific, pale, pastel, patinaed, peaceable, peaceful, pearly, pessimistic, pianissimo, piano, pining, placid, pleasing, pure, put down, quashed, quelled, quiet, reduced, remote, removed, repressed, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, sad, saddened, scarcely heard, semigloss, serious, shrinking, simple, smashed, smothered, sober, sobered, soft, soft-colored, soft-hued, soft-sounding, soft-voiced, softened, solemn, somber, sordo, spiritless, squashed, squelched, stable, standoff, standoffish, stifled, subaudible, subjugated, submissive, subtle, suffocated, suicidal, suppressed, sweet, tame, tamed, tasteful, tasty, temperate, tempered, tender, toned, tranquil, unaffable, unaffected, unapproachable, unclear, uncongenial, undemonstrative, understated, unenthusiastic, unexpansive, ungenial, unobtrusive, vanquished, weak, weak-voiced, weary of life, well-chosen, whispered, withdrawn, woebegone, world-weary

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  • subdued — subdued; un·subdued; …   English syllables

  • subdued — [səbdo͞od′, səbdyo͞od′] vt. pt. & pp. of SUBDUE adj. 1. reduced or low in intensity; muted [subdued lighting] 2. quiet or withdrawn …   English World dictionary

  • Subdued — Sub*dued , a. 1. Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild. [1913 Webster] 2. Not glaring in color; soft in tone. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • subdued — index dispassionate, passive, placid, solemn, unobtrusive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • subdued — (adj.) c.1600, subjugated, pp. adjective from SUBDUE (Cf. subdue). Meaning calmed down, reduced in intensity is recorded from 1822 …   Etymology dictionary

  • subdued — *tame, submissive Analogous words: meek, *humble, modest, lowly: *timid, timorous: docile, tractable, amenable (see OBEDIENT) Antonyms: intense: barbaric (of taste): bizarre (of effects): effervescent (of character and temperament) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • subdued — [adj] quiet, controlled chastened, crestfallen, dejected, dim, domestic, domesticated, downcast, down in the mouth*, grave, hushed, inobtrusive, low key*, mellow*, moderated, muted, neutral, out of spirits*, repentant, repressed, restrained, sad …   New thesaurus

  • subdued — ► ADJECTIVE 1) quiet and rather reflective or depressed. 2) (of colour or lighting) soft; muted …   English terms dictionary

  • subdued — sub|dued [səbˈdju:d US ˈdu:d] adj 1.) subdued lighting, colours etc are less bright than usual = ↑gentle 2.) a person that is subdued is unusually quiet and possibly unhappy ▪ Richard seems very subdued tonight. ▪ a subdued manner ▪ Oh, she said… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • subdued — [[t]səbdju͟ːd, AM du͟ːd[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Someone who is subdued is very quiet, often because they are sad or worried about something. He faced the press, initially, in a somewhat subdued mood... The audience are strangely subdued, clapping… …   English dictionary

  • subdued — adjective 1 subdued lighting, colours etc are less bright than usual 2 a person or sound that is subdued is unusually quiet: Richard seems very subdued tonight. 3 an event or business activity that is subdued, does not have as much excitement or… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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