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  1. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › subduedSubdued Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of SUBDUED is lacking in vitality, intensity, or strength. How to use subdued in a sentence.

  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSUBDUE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    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:

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSUBDUED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    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.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › subduedSubdued - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    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.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › subduedSUBDUED Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    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.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySUBDUED | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    SUBDUED meaning: 1. If a colour or light is subdued, it is not very bright: 2. If a noise is subdued, it is not…. Learn more.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionsubdued adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of subdued adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. www.dictionary.com › browse › subdueSUBDUE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    to bring under mental or emotional control, as by persuasion or intimidation; render submissive. Synonyms: suppress, discipline, break, tame. to repress (feelings, impulses, etc.). Synonyms: suppress. Antonyms: arouse, awaken. to bring (land) under cultivation: to subdue the wilderness.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishsubdue verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    Definition of subdue verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  10. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSUBDUED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    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.