The rooms in this hotel are really very bad at muffling sounds. I can hear my neighbor chewing his gum!
Source: tatoeba (2132)
Muffling
Synonyms for "muffling" (20 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
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More general
8 entriesacoustic alterationacoustic equipmentacoustic propertyinformation controlinformation suppressionsignal modificationsignal processing effectsound modification
More specific
16 entriesactive mufflingcar mufflerdata obscurationfrequency maskinginformation attenuationlab silencermedia blackoutnoise reductionpassive mufflingpolicy censorshipsilencingsound dampeningspectral maskingspeech maskingspeech mufflingtemporal smearing
Collocations
14 entriesacoustic attenuationacoustic dampingacoustic mufflingmuffling covermuffling devicemuffling effectmuffling layermuffling noisemuffling techniquenoise reductionsignal attenuationsound dampeningsound mufflingspectral masking
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The storm was over, the snow had ceased falling, and under its muffling mantle, white and spent with the day's struggle, lay the great swamp of the Oro.
Source: tatoeba (12118004)
It was not until he had ascertained that all his mufflings were adjusted, and his coat-collar brought as near his hat as was consistent with leaving any of his face out[…]
Source: wiktionary