'muted' definitions:

Definition of 'muted'

adjective

In a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand" [syn: hushed, muted, subdued, quiet]

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]

Definition of 'muted'

From: GCIDE

muted \muted\ adj.
1. same as quiet; as, the muted atmosphere of a church. Opposite of noisy.
Syn: hushed. [WordNet 1.5]
2. softened; rendered less loud or harsh; -- of sounds and instruments which produce sounds; as, muted trumpets.
Syn: dull, muffled, softened. [WordNet 1.5]

Synonyms of 'muted'

From: Moby Thesaurus

accented,
alveolar,
apical,
apico-alveolar,
apico-dental,
articulated,
assimilated,
back,
barytone,
bated,
bilabial,
blind,
broad,
cacuminal,
central,
cerebral,
checked,
close,
consonant,
consonantal,
continuant,
damped,
dampened,
dead,
deadened,
dental,
dim,
dissimilated,
dorsal,
dull,
dulled,
flat,
front,
glide,
glossal,
glottal,
guttural,
hard,
heavy,
high,
intonated,
labial,
labiodental,
labiovelar,
lackluster,
lateral,
lax,
light,
lingual,
liquid,
low,
lusterless,
mat,
mid,
monophthongal,
muffled,
narrow,
nasal,
nasalized,
occlusive,
open,
oxytone,
palatal,
palatalized,
pharyngeal,
pharyngealized,
phonemic,
phonetic,
phonic,
pitch,
pitched,
posttonic,
retroflex,
rounded,
semivowel,
smothered,
soft,
softened,
sonant,
sordo,
stifled,
stopped,
stressed,
strong,
subdued,
surd,
syllabic,
tense,
thick,
throaty,
tonal,
tonic,
twangy,
unaccented,
unrounded,
unstressed,
velar,
vocalic,
vocoid,
voiced,
voiceless,
vowel,
vowellike,
weak,
wide

Words containing 'muted'

Mute,
Mutely,
Muteness,
Muting,
Mute swan,
Soft mute,
deaf mute,
middle mute,
Deaf-mute,
Mute-hill,
deaf-muteness