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Adjective subdued has 5 senses

• subdued(s = adj.all) hushed, muted, quiet - in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"
Derived form noun subduedness₁

• subdued(s = adj.all) low-key, low-keyed - restrained in style or quality; "a little masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence"
• subdued(s = adj.all) Array - quieted and brought under control; "children were subdued and silent"
Derived form noun subduedness₂

• subdued(s = adj.all) soft - not brilliant or glaring; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft pastel colors"; "subdued lighting"
• subdued(s = adj.all) dim - lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"
Derived form noun subduedness₁

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subdued

Attic, Olympian, aesthetic, aloof, artistic, backward, barely audible, bashful, bated, blank, bowed-down, broken, brought low, calmed, cast down, chaste, chastened, chilled, chilly, choice, classic, cold, conquered, constrained, controlled, cool, creamy, crestfallen, crushed, damped, dampened, dashed, dead, deadened, decrescendo, dejected, delicate, depressed, despairing, despondent, desponding, detached, dim, discouraged, discreet, disheartened, dispirited, distant, domesticated, dovelike, down, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy, dull, dulled, eggshell, excellent, expressionless, faint, faint-voiced, feeble, feeling low, felled, flat, flattened, forbidding, frigid, frosty, gentle, gloss, grave, guarded, half-heard, heartless, housebroke, housebroken, humble, humbled, humiliated, hushed, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, icy, impassive, impersonal, in control, in good taste, in hand, in low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps, inaccessible, indistinct, introverted, iridescent, lamblike, languishing, light, limited, low, low-key, low-spirited, made to grovel, mastered, meek, mellow, mellowed, mild, moderated, modest, mother-of-pearl, muffled, murmured, muted, nacreous, of choice, of quality, offish, opalescent, pacific, pale, pastel, patinaed, peaceable, peaceful, pearly, pessimistic, pianissimo, piano, pining, placid, pleasing, pure, put down, quashed, quelled, quiet, reduced, remote, removed, repressed, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, sad, saddened, scarcely heard, semigloss, serious, shrinking, simple, smashed, smothered, sober, sobered, soft, soft-colored, soft-hued, soft-sounding, soft-voiced, softened, solemn, somber, sordo, spiritless, squashed, squelched, stable, standoff, standoffish, stifled, subaudible, subjugated, submissive, subtle, suffocated, suicidal, suppressed, sweet, tame, tamed, tasteful, tasty, temperate, tempered, tender, toned, tranquil, unaffable, unaffected, unapproachable, unclear, uncongenial, undemonstrative, understated, unenthusiastic, unexpansive, ungenial, unobtrusive, vanquished, weak, weak-voiced, weary of life, well-chosen, whispered, withdrawn, woebegone, world-weary

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Inexcitability

N inexcitability, imperturbability, inirritability, even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion, tolerance, patience, coolth, passiveness, hebetude, hebetation, impassibility, stupefaction, coolness, calmness, composure, placidity, indisturbance, imperturbation, sang froid, tranquility, serenity, quiet, quietude, peace of mind, mental calmness, staidness, gravity, sobriety, Quakerism, philosophy, equanimity, stoicism, command of temper, self-possession, self-control, self-command, self-restraint, ice water in one's veins, presence of mind, submission, resignation, sufferance, supportance, endurance, longsufferance, forbearance, longanimity, fortitude, patience of Job, patience on a monument, patience 'sovereign o'er transmuted ill', moderation, repression of feelings, subjugation of feeling, restraint, tranquillization, inexcitable, unexcitable, imperturbable, unsusceptible, unpassionate, dispassionate, cold-blooded, irritable, enduring, stoical, Platonic, philosophic, staid, stayed, sober, sober minded, grave, sober as a judge, grave as a judge, sedate, demure, cool-headed, easy-going, peaceful, placid, calm, quiet as a mouse, tranquil, serene, cool as a cucumber, cool as a custard, undemonstrative, temperate, composed, collected, unexcited, unstirred, unruffled, undisturbed, unperturbed, unimpassioned, unoffended, unresisting, meek, tolerant, patient, patient as Job, submissive, tame, content, resigned, chastened, subdued, lamblike, gentle as a lamb, suaviter in modo, mild as mothers milk, soft as peppermint, armed with patience, bearing with, clement, long-suffering, like patience on a monument smiling at grief, aequo animo, in cold blood, more in sorrow than in anger, Int, patience!, and shuffle the cards, cool calm and collected, keep calm in the midst of a storm, adversity's sweet milk, philosophy, mens aequa in arduis philosophia stemma non inspec, quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes, they also serve who only stand and wait.

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