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adjectiveof low intensity and reduced volume; softened: She spoke in muted tones. Origin of mutedFirst recorded in 1860–65; mute + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM mutedmut·ed·ly, adverbun·mut·ed, adjectiveWords nearby mutedMutazilite, mutch, mutchkin, mut dash, mute, muted, mutein, mute swan, mutha, muti, muticous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mutedMatch has tested several versions of video dating the last 10 years, and prior to the pandemic, interest was really muted. Match’s CEO explains how dating has changed during the COVID pandemic|Danielle Abril|September 3, 2020|Fortune Agency executives said they believe the muted HBO Max pitch has to do with the uncertain audience size. As AT&T considers downsizing its media business, whither WarnerMedia?|Tim Peterson|September 2, 2020|Digiday But the softness, the muted quality in turn became an aesthetic. Digging the Gold in Dylan’s ‘Basement’|Malcolm Jones|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST When he accepted the prize, he delivered a speech that has been unfairly ignored because his delivery was so muted. Martin Luther King’s Nobel Speech Is an Often Ignored Masterpiece|Malcolm Jones|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But their voices were muted by hundreds of anti-war slogans. Thousands of Russians March to End the War in Ukraine—and Topple Putin|Anna Nemtsova|September 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST The easily concealable and muted weapon would allow him to sneak up on his victims and get away afterward to kill again. The Loser Who Wanted to Be the ISIS Agent Next Door|Michael Daly|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Within 10 seconds, his target vanishes in a muted cloud of smoke and rubble 7,000 miles away. Ethan Hawke's 'Good Kill': A Searing Indictment of America's Drone Warfare Obsession|Marlow Stern|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yet who would undertake to describe in words the tone of the muted horn? The Psychology of Singing|David C. Taylor Sign,—same as a muted note, but written at the end of a glissando. The Tinguian|Fay-Cooper Cole After a pause follow a series of refrains of solo voices in the melody, with muted strings, with mingled strains of the motto. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies|Philip H. Goepp Far below were sounds, a rasp of metal against metal, a low murmur of muted voices. The Time Traders|Andre Norton New pranks appear,—as of dancing strings against a stride of loud, muted horns. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies|Philip H. Goepp
British Dictionary definitions for muted
adjective(of a sound or colour) softeneda muted pink shirt (of an emotion or action) subdued or restrainedhis response was muted (of a musical instrument) being played while fitted with a mutemuted trumpet Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to muteddampen, subdue, soften, muzzle, lower, benumb, soft-pedal, reduce, hush, drown, gag, deaden, moderate, silence, bottle up, turn down, cork up, pipe down, put the lid on |