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Subdued

//səbˈdud// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive.

    "He is subdued after the disagreement last night."

  2. 2
    Not glaring in color; soft and light in tone.

    "The colour scheme used for this room is subdued."

  3. 3
    Reduced in intensity or strength; toned down.
Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking in light; not bright or harsh wordnet
  2. 2
    not brilliant or glaring wordnet
  3. 3
    in a softened tone wordnet
  4. 4
    restrained in style or quality wordnet
  5. 5
    quieted and brought under control wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of subdue form-of, participle, past

    "He subdued the dog yesterday."

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