subdued
Syllables: sub·duedUK/səbˈdjuːd//səbˈdud/
subdued adjective: conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive. Also the simple past and past participle of subdue.
Adjective
subdued (comparative more subdued, superlative most subdued)
- Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive.
- He is subdued after the disagreement last night.
- I pray you in your Letters, / When you ſhall theſe vnluckie deeds relate, / Speake of me, as I am. […] / Of one, whoſe ſubdu'd Eyes, / Albeit un-vsed to the melting moode, / Drops teares as faſt as the Arabian Trees / Their Medicinable gumme.1603, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London...
- Not glaring in color; soft and light in tone.
- The colour scheme used for this room is subdued.
- Reduced in intensity or strength; toned down.
Also used as
subdued is also the simple past and past participle of subdue.
subdued meaning in Persian
subdued in Persian
- Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild
- تصرف شده
- Not glaring in color; soft in tone
- خفیف xafif
Examples of subdued in a sentence
- The tendency of three-wheelers to roll over subdued their popularity.
- Back in the bedroom next door, the conversation is moving from subdued rhubarb to a cackle.
- A door opened and a man came in, smiling in a subdued but friendly way.
Forms of subdued
| comparative | more subdued |
|---|---|
| superlative | most subdued |
| alternative form | subdood |
Words formed from subdued
Words that rhyme with subdued
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- lewd
- rood
- snood
- Jude
- denude
- extrude
- exude
- feud
- nude
- obtrude
- reclude
- stewed
- transclude
- abrood
- delude
- hewed
- intrude
- oud
- pood
- screwed
- seclude
- skewed
- strewed
- thewed
- you'd
- 'tude
- ablude
- abstrude
- accrued
- allude
- blued
- boo'd
- booed
- brewed
- Bude
- chewed
- chud
- clued
- collude
- construed
- cooed
- crewed
- cued
- debuted
- dzud
- fod
- frood
- glued
Questions about subdued
- What does subdued mean?
- Subdued means conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive.
- What is subdued in Persian?
- Subdued in Persian is تصرف شده, خفیف (xafif). See Subdued meaning in Persian.
- What part of speech is subdued?
- Subdued is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce subdued?
- Subdued is pronounced /səbˈdud/ (US).
Words near subdued in the dictionary
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