Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Muffled; indistinct.
- adjective Mute or subdued; softened.
- adjective Music Produced by or provided with a mute.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of musical instruments, played with a mute: as, muted strings or muted horns. Also applied to the tones thus produced.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
quiet . Opposite ofnoisy . - adjective softened; rendered less loud or harsh; -- of sounds and instruments which produce sounds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
mute .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective in a softened tone
- adjective being or made softer or less loud or clear
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Examples
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The AP article notes, in muted understatement, "But the nature of some questions seems to validate concerns that they are suspected of being unfaithful to the church."
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In the one case a growing sense of quiet desperation that will probably remain muted, in the other a prolonged outcry against the conditions that create that desperation in the first place.
Updike, John 2010
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Sitting still with non-reflective clothing in muted colors still works wonders.
One of the first rules for selling a product is to make you item different from everything else. 2010
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The AP article notes, in muted understatement, "But the nature of some questions seems to validate concerns that they are suspected of being unfaithful to the church."
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Sitting still with non-reflective clothing in muted colors still works wonders.
One of the first rules for selling a product is to make you item different from everything else. 2010
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His clothes are in muted colors to allow him to fade into the background and he wears gloves with the trigger finger cut out.
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EBay Inc. 's quarterly earnings were buoyed by the strong performance of its PayPal online-payments service, but the e-commerce giant's overall results were once again muted by its core marketplace unit.
EBay Profit Rises 23%, Helped by PayPal Scott Morrison 2010
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EBay's earnings were buoyed by the performance of its PayPal service, but overall results were again muted by its core marketplace unit.
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But here I am, suggesting in muted horror from the safety of my desk that you watch the videos.
Boing Boing 2009
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Fixes: Populate the closet with clothes in muted tones.
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