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muted
adjective as in delicate
adjective as in dim
adjective as in dull
adjective as in faint
Strongest matches
Strong matches
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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Strong match
adjective as in inconspicuous
adjective as in inobtrusive
Weak matches
- 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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Weak matches
adjective as in quiet
adjective as in restrained
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adjective as in silenced
adjective as in silent
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Weak matches
- 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
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in subdued
Strongest matches
adjective as in tight-lipped
adjective as in unconspicuous
adjective as in unnoticeable
Example Sentences
Though the reaction from delegates was largely muted, some were visibly squirming in their seats as the US president addressed the UN for the first time since he began his second term.
Sometimes, it takes a player of Bonmati's calibre to make the difference in the pivotal moments - and that is what she did, getting the all-important goal in a knockout stage which was otherwise somewhat muted.
Other Republicans in Congress have been more muted in their criticism of how the FCC pressed Disney-owned ABC to take action on Kimmel, who was indefinitely suspended on Wednesday.
There was a muted reception for Lions for Lambs, which saw him reunited with Out of Africa's Meryl Streep.
In a sign that money is tight, electioneering has been somewhat muted compared to the past.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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