subdued
adjective
uk/səbˈdʒuːd/us/səbˈduːd/subduedadjective(NOT STRONG)
If acolourorlightis subdued, it is not verybright:
（色彩或光线）柔和的，暗淡的subduedlighting柔和的灯光
If anoiseis subdued, it is notloud:
（声音）压低的，小声的subduedlaughter/cheers窃窃的笑声／低声欢呼
Darkness & becoming dark
- blackness
- darken
- darkened
- darkly
- darkness
- deepen
- dim
- dimly
- dimness
- dingily
- draw
- inky
- matt
- pitch darkness
- shaded
- shadow
- shadowy
- sombreness
- twilight
- umbra
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Colourless or causing colour to fade
Silence & quiet
subduedadjective(MOOD)
If apersonis subdued, they are not ashappyasusualor they arequieterthanusual:
（人）闷闷不乐的，默不作声的Heseemedabitsubdued atlunch- is he allright?午饭时他显得有点儿闷闷不乐——他没事吧？
Not saying much
- a few well-chosen wordsidiom
- abruptly
- abruptness
- briefly
- cat
- concisely
- conciseness
- crisp
- gnomic
- laconic
- monosyllabic
- monosyllabically
- not say booidiom
- pithily
- quietly
- quietness
- reticence
- reticent
- reticently
- taciturn