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muted

adjective more muted · most muted

  1. Not expressed strongly or openly; subdued and understated muted criticism
  2. of a sound Quiet or soft.
  3. of color Subdued.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of mute

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: quiet, hushed, dull, muffled, softened, soft, subdued, silent, reserved, lackluster, vulnerable, discreet, weak, deaf, mitigable, mitigated

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adj subdued and understated

Deutschverhalten, gedämpft, leise

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@misc{muted_2026,
  title = {muted},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/muted},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}