unmuffle

American  

[uhn-muhf-uhl] / ʌnˈmʌf əl /

verb (used with object)

unmuffled, unmuffling

1. to strip of or free from something that muffles.

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verb (used without object)

unmuffled, unmuffling

1. to throw off something that muffles.

Etymology

Origin of unmuffle

First recorded in 1605–15; un- ² + muffle ¹

Example Sentences

In one regional office of the outsourcing company Tech Mahindra, an employee said agents removed face masks and shields — a requirement in the Philippines — to breathe or unmuffle themselves on long calls.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2021

If she slept it came into her dreams, and her waking thoughts strove with hideous wilfulness to unmuffle that dead face.

From A Life's Morning by Gissing, George

Loft addressed me in a muffled voice; his demeanor might always be relied on for perfection—he would not once unmuffle his voice till his master was buried.

From The Great Miss Driver by Hope, Anthony