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- Dictionarysubdued/səbˈdjuːd/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or their manner) quiet and rather reflective or depressed: "I felt strangely subdued as I drove home" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of colour or lighting) soft and restrained: "a subdued glow came through the curtains" Similar Opposite
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SUBDUED definition: 1. If a colour or light is subdued, it is not very bright: 2. If a noise is subdued, it is not…. Learn more.
: lacking in vitality, intensity, or strength. subdued colors. subduedly. səb-ˈdü (-ə)d-lē. -ˈdyü (-ə)d- adverb. Synonyms. conservative. low-keyed. muted. quiet. repressed. restrained. sober. toned-down. understated. unflashy. unpretentious. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of subdued in a Sentence. She spoke in a subdued voice.
to reduce the force of something, or to prevent something from existing or developing: The fire burned for eight hours before the fire crews could subdue it. He criticized the school for trying to subdue individual expression. to bring a person or group under control by using force:
adjective. quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled: After the argument he was much more subdued. lowered in intensity or strength; reduced in fullness of tone, as a color or voice; muted: subdued light; wallpaper in subdued greens.
The adjective subdued refers to something, like a sound, that has a lowered intensity. Your loud conversation with a friend in the back of the classroom is likely to become subdued when the teacher passes out the exams.
to reduce the force of something, or to prevent something from existing or developing: The fire burned for eight hours before the fire crews could subdue it. He criticized the school for trying to subdue individual expression. to bring a person or group under control by using force:
1. adjective. Someone who is subdued is very quiet, often because they are sad or worried about something. He faced the press, initially, in a somewhat subdued mood. The audience are strangely subdued, clapping politely after each song. Synonyms: quiet, serious, sober, sad More Synonyms of subdued. 2. adjective. Subdued sounds are not very loud.
1. To subjugate (a region or people, for example) by military force. 2. a. To bring under control by physical force, persuasion, or other means; overcome: subdued the wild horse; subdued the rebellion in the party ranks. b. To make less intense or prominent; reduce or tone down: I was unable to subdue my excitement about the upcoming holiday. 3.
1. verb. If soldiers or the police subdue a group of people, they defeat them or bring them under control by using force. Senior government officials admit they have not been able to subdue the rebels. [VERB noun] Synonyms: overcome, defeat, master, break More Synonyms of subdue. 2. verb. To subdue feelings means to make them less strong.
Subdue definition: to conquer and bring into subjection. See examples of SUBDUE used in a sentence.
