'Muffled' definitions:
Definition of 'muffled'
From: WordNet
adjective
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" [syn: dull, muffled, muted, softened]
adjective
Wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; "children muffled almost to the eyebrows"
Definition of 'Muffled'
From: GCIDE
- Muffle \Muf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffled; p. pr. & vb. n. Muffling.] [Cf. F. moufle a mitten, LL. muffula, OD. moffel a muff. See Muff.]
- 1. To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; -- often with up. --South. [1913 Webster]
- The face lies muffled up within the garment. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Muffled up in darkness and superstition. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To wrap or fit with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock; to muffle the exhaust of a motor vehicle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'muffled'
From: GCIDE
- muffled \muffled\ adj.
- 1. same as muted; as, muffled drums; the muffled noises of the street.
- Syn: dull, muted, softened. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. Wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; as, children muffled almost to the eyebrows. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'muffled'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- armored,
- bated,
- between the lines,
- cased,
- ceiled,
- cloaked,
- clouded,
- coated,
- coped,
- covered,
- covert,
- cowled,
- cryptic,
- curtained,
- damped,
- dampened,
- dead,
- deadened,
- delitescent,
- dormant,
- dull,
- dulled,
- eclipsed,
- encapsulated,
- encapsuled,
- encased,
- enveloped,
- enwrapped,
- esoteric,
- filmed,
- flat,
- floored,
- hibernating,
- hidden,
- hooded,
- housed,
- latent,
- loricate,
- loricated,
- lurking,
- mantled,
- masked,
- muted,
- mystic,
- obfuscated,
- obscured,
- occult,
- occulted,
- packaged,
- paved,
- possible,
- potential,
- roofed-in,
- screened,
- scummed,
- sheathed,
- shelled,
- shielded,
- shrouded,
- sleeping,
- smothered,
- softened,
- sordo,
- stifled,
- subdued,
- submerged,
- swathed,
- tented,
- under cover,
- under the surface,
- underlying,
- unmanifested,
- veiled,
- virtual,
- walled,
- walled-in,
- wrapped