subdued - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
- (General American) IPA(key): /səbˈdud/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səbˈdjuːd/
- Rhymes: -uːd
- Hyphenation: sub‧dued
subdued (comparative more subdued, superlative most subdued)
- Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive.
He is subdued after the disagreement last night.
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: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, act V, scene ii, page 338:
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.
- 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.
Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild
- Bulgarian: подтиснат (bg) (podtisnat), подчинен (bg) (podčinen)
- Dutch: beteugeld (nl)
- Finnish: kukistettu (fi), päihitetty, lyöty (fi)
- German: gedämpft (de), bedrückt (de), gehorsam (de), kleinlaut (de), matt (de), verhalten (de), besiegt (de), niedergeschlagen (de), still (de), unterdrückt (de), unterwarfen (de), zurückhaltend (de)
- Hungarian: legyőzött (hu), levert (hu), leigázott (hu), lesújtott (hu)
- Occitan: assubjectit, somés (oc), subjugat, conquistat
- Persian: تصرف شده
Not glaring in color; soft in tone
- Bulgarian: приглушен (bg) (priglušen)
- Dutch: gedempt (nl)
- Finnish: hillitty (fi)
- German: dezent (de), mild (de), sanft (de), weich (de), gedeckt (de), leise (de), matt (de), unterdrückt (de)
- Hungarian: letompított (hu), félhomályos (hu), tompa (hu), halk (hu), szelíd (hu)
- Japanese: 地味 (ja) (jimi)
- Persian: خفیف (fa) (xafif)
- Russian: приглушённый (ru) (priglušónnyj)
- Swedish: dämpad (sv)
subdued
- simple past and past participle of subdue
He subdued the dog yesterday.