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muted
adjective as in delicate
adjective as in dim
adjective as in dull
adjective as in faint
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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
But it was met with a more muted reception from US critics, with the New York Times calling it "a misguided attempt to resuscitate the show" while also conceding it was "buzzy".
Gaga collected four awards on the night including artist of the year, fending off competition from Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar who were all absent from this year's slightly muted event.
Of course, the new dawn I’m talking about was just last spring: The tide was turning, or so it seemed, and muted celebrations broke out among the better-informed liberal classes.
But the mayor has since been measured and muted in her pushback against the administration.
The New Statesman's George Monaghan added: "Her new studio album, Man's Best Friend, may be muted. But she remains the only popstar with comic talent."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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