softened

Strongest matches

• cloudy
• cold
• dark
• dim
• dismal
• flat
• hazy
• lifeless
• muddy
• muted
• obscure
• soft
• somber
• subdued

Strong matches

• black
• blind
• dun
• faded
• low
• matte
• muffled
• overcast
• plain
• sober

Weak matches

• ashen
• colorless
• dead
• dingy
• dusky
• feeble
• grimy
• indistinct
• leaden
• mousy
• murky
• opaque
• shadowy
• sooty
• subfusc
• toned-down
• unlit

Strong match

• inoffensive

Weak matches

• affected
• delicate
• euphemious
• extenuative
• figurative
• indirect
• metaphorical
• mild
• refined
• vague

Strongest matches

• delicate
• dim
• distant
• dull
• far-off
• gentle
• hazy
• inaudible
• mild
• muffled
• muted
• remote
• slight
• soft
• soothing
• stifled
• vague
• weak

Strong matches

• aside
• bated
• bleached
• blurred
• deadened
• deep
• faded
• faltering
• hushed
• light
• low
• moderate
• murmuring
• muttering
• obscure
• padded
• pale
• piano
• quiet
• smooth
• subdued
• thin
• wan
• whispered

Weak matches

• bland
• breathless
• dusty
• epicene
• feeble
• hoarse
• ill-defined
• imperceptible
• indistinct
• lenient
• low-pitched
• out of earshot
• shadowy
• tenuous
• unclear

Strongest matches

• easygoing
• laid-back
• muted
• quiet
• relaxed
• restrained
• sober
• subtle
• understated

Weak matches

• loose
• low-pitched
• muffled
• played down
• soft-sell
• toned-down

Strongest match

• smashed

Strong matches

• battered
• brewed
• chewed
• decocted
• hashed
• infused
• macerated
• masticated
• mixed
• pounded
• pressed
• pulped
• pulverized
• reduced
• squashed
• steeped

Weak matches

• doughy
• pasty
• pulpy
• spongy

Strong matches

• developed
• matured
• ripened

Weak match

• ripe

Strongest match

• diminished

Strong matches

• abated
• allayed
• alleviated
• anesthetized
• assuaged
• eased
• lightened
• mitigated
• palliated
• salved
• soothed

Strongest matches

• apologetic
• contrite
• regretful
• remorseful
• touched

Weak matches

• attritional
• compunctious
• conscience-stricken
• guilt-ridden
• melted
• penitent
• penitential
• repentant
• self-accusing
• self-condemnatory
• self-reproachful
• shamefaced

Strongest matches

• hushed
• low-key
• mellow
• muted
• restrained
• sober
• solemn
• unobtrusive

Strong matches

• chastened
• dejected
• dim
• domesticated
• grave
• moderated
• repressed
• shaded
• tempered

Weak matches

• crestfallen
• domestic
• down in the mouth
• downcast
• inobtrusive
• neutral
• out of spirits
• repentant
• sad
• serious
• soft
• submissive
• subtle
• tasteful
• toned-down

Strongest matches

• affected
• disturbed
• impressed
• stirred

Strong matches

• grabbed
• melted
• swayed
• upset

Weak matches

• turned on by
• turned on to