subdued

Other forms of subdued

comparative

subdueder·

superlative

subduedest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about subdued

What does subdued mean?

subdued means "in a softened tone". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in subdued?

subdued has 2 syllables: sub-dued. The stress falls on "dued". In IPA it is /səbˈdud/.

What is another word for subdued?

Close synonyms include hushed, muted, quiet, low-key, low-keyed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is subdued a common word?

subdued is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with subdued?

1 word rhymes with subdued. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.