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Past tense of mute

regular verb

The past tense of mute is muted. The past participle is also muted.

Forms of mute

Base form (V1)mute /mjuːt/
Past tense (V2)muted
Past participle (V3)muted
Present participlemuting
Third person singularmutes

Muted in a sentence

  • The dusky rose was of a muted color, not clashing with any of the other colors.From the entry dusky
  • We can use very vibrant colors, and vintage and muted colors.2023 February 12, Sepideh Yazdi, “How can I design in the Neo Brutalism style?”, in Medium. From the entry neubrutalism
  • The rest of her words were muted by the sudden raucousness of rain on the roof.2020, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, The First Woman, Oneworld Publications, page 425. From the entry raucousness
  • Muted terra cotta hues in floor tiles anchor the collection of earth tones.2008, Jack D. Neith, Great Kitchens, page 8. From the entry earth tone
  • You need to bear in mind that flavours are muted at low temperatures.2001, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, The River Cottage Cookbook, HarperCollinsIllustrated, →ISBN, page 126. From the entry coffeey

Meaning of mute

  1. adjective Not having the power of speech; dumb.
  2. adjective Silent; not making a sound.
  3. adjective Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.

Full definition of mute

Questions about the past tense of mute

What is the past tense of mute?
The past tense of mute is muted.
What is the past participle of mute?
The past participle of mute is muted.
Is mute a regular or irregular verb?
Mute is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mute (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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