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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
Strongest matches
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
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in quiet
adjective as in restrained
Strongest matches
adjective as in silenced
adjective as in silent
Strongest matches
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
But, at least so far, inflation from tariffs has been relatively muted.
Although the figure is well above the Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target, it was a muted enough increase to allow for additional rate cuts.
"The tariff pass through generally remains muted," he said.
“The inflation passthrough has so far been more muted than anticipated, likely due to a combination of margin compression, inventory frontloading, and trade diversion,” writes Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.
“The inflation passthrough has so far been more muted than anticipated, likely due to a combination of margin compression, inventory frontloading, and trade diversion,” writes Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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