Dictionary Definition
subdued adj
1 in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted
trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand" [syn: hushed, muted, quiet]
2 restrained in style or quality; "a little
masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence" [syn: low-key, low-keyed]
3 quieted and brought under control; "children
were subdued and silent"
4 lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim
light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music" [syn:
dim]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
- Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.
- he is subdued after the disagreement last night.
- Not glaring in color; soft in tone.
- the colour scheme used for this room is subdued.
Translations
Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive;
mild
- Finnish: kukistettu, päihitetty, lyöty
Not glaring in color; soft in tone
- Finnish: hillitty
Verb
subdued- past of subdue
- He subdued the dog yesterday.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Attic,
Olympian, aesthetic, aloof, artistic, backward, barely audible,
bashful, bated, blank, bowed-down, broken, brought low, calmed, cast down, chaste, chastened, chilled, chilly, choice, classic, cold, conquered, constrained, controlled, cool, creamy, crestfallen, crushed, damped, dampened, dashed, dead, deadened, decrescendo, dejected, delicate, depressed, despairing, despondent, desponding, detached, dim, discouraged, discreet, disheartened, dispirited, distant, domesticated, dovelike, down, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy, dull, dulled, eggshell, excellent, expressionless, faint, faint-voiced, feeble, feeling low, felled, flat, flattened, forbidding, frigid, frosty, gentle, gloss, grave, guarded, half-heard, heartless, housebroke, housebroken, humble, humbled, humiliated, hushed, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal,
icy, impassive, impersonal, in control, in
good taste, in hand, in low spirits, in the depths, in the
doldrums, in the dumps, inaccessible, indistinct, introverted, iridescent, lamblike, languishing, light, limited, low, low-key, low-spirited, made to
grovel, mastered,
meek, mellow, mellowed, mild, moderated, modest, mother-of-pearl, muffled, murmured, muted, nacreous, of choice, of
quality, offish, opalescent, pacific, pale, pastel, patinaed, peaceable, peaceful, pearly, pessimistic, pianissimo, piano, pining, placid, pleasing, pure, put down, quashed, quelled, quiet, reduced, remote, removed, repressed, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, sad, saddened, scarcely heard,
semigloss, serious, shrinking, simple, smashed, smothered, sober, sobered, soft, soft-colored, soft-hued,
soft-sounding, soft-voiced, softened, solemn, somber, sordo, spiritless, squashed, squelched, stable, standoff, standoffish, stifled, subaudible, subjugated, submissive, subtle, suffocated, suicidal, suppressed, sweet, tame, tamed, tasteful, tasty, temperate, tempered, tender, toned, tranquil, unaffable, unaffected, unapproachable, unclear, uncongenial, undemonstrative,
understated,
unenthusiastic,
unexpansive,
ungenial, unobtrusive, vanquished, weak, weak-voiced, weary of life,
well-chosen, whispered, withdrawn, woebegone,
world-weary