- dull, muffled, muted, softened - being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets"
Antonym: loud (indirect, via soft)
- muffled - wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; "children muffled almost to the eyebrows"
Antonym: uncovered (indirect, via covered)
- smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress - conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
--1 is one way to suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down - deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
--2 is one way to soften
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun muffler3, noun muffler1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something