Definitions for muted

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muted mut·ed

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IPA: /ˈmyu tɪd/

Muted is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in muted (demtu).

Definitions for muted

noun

1. Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
2. an actor whose part is confined to dumb show.
3. Law. a person who stands mute when arraigned.
4. Also called sordino. a mechanical device of various shapes and materials for muffling the tone of a musical instrument.
5. Phonetics. a stop.
6. British Obsolete. a hired mourner at a funeral; a professional mourner.

adjective

1. of low intensity and reduced volume; softened:
2. silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
3. not emitting or having sound of any kind.
4. incapable of speech; dumb.
5. (of letters) silent; not pronounced.
6. Law. (of a person who has been arraigned) making no plea or giving an irrelevant response when arraigned, or refusing to stand trial (used chiefly in the phrase to stand mute).
7. Fox Hunting. (of a hound) hunting a line without giving tongue or cry.

verb (used with object)

1. to deaden or muffle the sound of.
2. to reduce the intensity of (a color) by the addition of another color.

Origin of muted

First recorded in 1860-65; mute + -ed²

Examples for muted

muted cornets, banjos and saxophones were wailing out a tom-tom adagio.

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.

There was a peculiar, throaty quality in her voice, like a muted violin or 'cello.

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

Then to his ears came the most welcome soft roar of muted rockets.

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

For the time being, conscience was muted by gratified ambition.

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

“You will not be lonely,” said the unfortunate man in a muted voice.