subdued

About 3.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive.

   He is subdued after the disagreement last night.

2. adjective Not glaring in color; soft and light in tone.

   The colour scheme used for this room is subdued.

3. adjective Reduced in intensity or strength; toned down.
4. verb simple past and past participle of subdue

   He subdued the dog yesterday.

Similar words

restrained soft dark tame low-keyed hushed muted quiet dim low-key

Often followed by

by and the to in light voice tone all

Word family

subduedly