adjective
in a softened tone
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- hushed voices
- muted trumpets
- a subdued whisper
- a quiet reprimand
adjective
being or made softer or less loud or clear
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- the dull boom of distant breaking waves
- muffled drums
- the muffled noises of the street
- muted trumpets
noun
a deaf person who is unable to speak
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mute
deaf-mute
deaf-and-dumb person
noun
a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
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verb
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
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adjective
expressed without speech
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- a mute appeal
- a silent curse
- best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson
- the words stopped at her lips unsounded
- unspoken grief
- choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
adjective
unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
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