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Definitions for Muted

[1] of low intensity and reduced volume; softened: She spoke in muted tones.
[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.
[8] Offensive . a person incapable of speech.
[9] an actor whose part is confined to dumb show.
[10] Law . a person who stands mute when arraigned.
[11] Also called sordino. a mechanical device of various shapes and materials for muffling the tone of a musical instrument.
[12] Phonetics . a stop.
[13] British Obsolete . a hired mourner at a funeral; a professional mourner.
[14] to deaden or muffle the sound of.
[15] to reduce the intensity of (a color) by the addition of another color.
[16] (of a sound or colour) softened a muted pink shirt
[17] (of an emotion or action) subdued or restrained his response was muted
[18] (of a musical instrument) being played while fitted with a mute muted trumpet
[19] not giving out sound or speech; silent
[20] unable to speak; dumb
[21] unspoken or unexpressed mute dislike
[22] law (of a person arraigned on indictment) refusing to answer a charge
[23] phonetics another word for plosive
[24] (of a letter in a word) silent
[25] a person who is unable to speak
[26] law a person who refuses to plead when arraigned on indictment for an offence
[27] any of various devices used to soften the tone of stringed or brass instruments
[28] phonetics a plosive consonant; stop
[29] a silent letter
[30] an actor in a dumb show
[31] a hired mourner at a funeral
[32] to reduce the volume of (a musical instrument) by means of a mute, soft pedal, etc
[33] to subdue the strength of (a colour, tone, lighting, etc)
[34] (of birds) to discharge (faeces)
[35] birds' faeces

Words related to Muted

dampen, subdue, soften, muzzle, lower, benumb, soft-pedal, reduce, hush, drown, gag, deaden, moderate, silence

Words nearby Muted

mutazilite, mutch, mutchkin, mute, mute swan, muted, mutein, mutha, muti, muticous, mutilate

Origin of Muted

1325–75; < Latin mūtus dumb; replacing Middle English muet < Middle French, equivalent to Old French mu (< Latin mūtus ) + unexplained suffix -et; cf. -et

Words that may be confused with Muted

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, mutemoot, mute

Other words from Muted

mut·ed·ly , adverb
un·mut·ed , adjective
mute·ly , adverb
mute·ness , noun

Word origin for Muted

C15: from Old French meutir, variant of esmeltir, of Germanic origin; probably related to smelt 1 and melt

Synonyms for Muted

dampen, soften, subdue, benumb, deaden, drown, gag, hush, lower, moderate, muzzle, reduce, silence, soft-pedal, bottle up, cork up, decrease the volume, keep it down, pipe down, put damper on, put the lid on, turn down