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muted

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

muted

/ ˈmjuːtɪd /

Origin of muted¹

First recorded in 1860–65; mute + -ed ²

But the softness, the muted quality in turn became an aesthetic.

When he accepted the prize, he delivered a speech that has been unfairly ignored because his delivery was so muted.

But their voices were muted by hundreds of anti-war slogans.

The easily concealable and muted weapon would allow him to sneak up on his victims and get away afterward to kill again.

Within 10 seconds, his target vanishes in a muted cloud of smoke and rubble 7,000 miles away.

Each man gazed on the other, trying to find some word that might be fitting, but each muted by the dead weight of half a century.

Momentarily they touched helmets, and Brownie's excited voice came to him, muted, but breathless.

Dalgetty had to squint to see in and the muted light of the tavern was a harsh glare when his pupils were so distended.

The tone of the muted horn, for example, is perfectly familiar to the average musician.

The footfalls were muted on the polished pavement as the people passed slowly, their voices carrying a hint of puzzled uneasiness.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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