subdued

subdued

English

Alternative forms

• subdood

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Adjective

subdued (comparative more subdued, superlative most subdued)

1. Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive.

   He is subdued after the disagreement last night.

   • 1603, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, Act V, scene ii, page 338:

     I pray you in your Letters, / When you ſhall theſe vnluckie deeds relate, / Speake of me, as I am. […] / Of one, whoſe ſubdu'd Eyes, / Albeit un-vsed to the melting moode, / Drops teares as faſt as the Arabian Trees / Their Medicinable gumme.

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

   The colour scheme used for this room is subdued.

Translations

Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild

Dutch: beteugeld (nl) Finnish: kukistettu (fi), päihitetty, lyöty (fi)

Occitan: assubjectit, somés (oc), subjugat, conquistat Persian: تصرف شده‎

Not glaring in color; soft in tone

Dutch: gedempt (nl) Finnish: hillitty (fi) Japanese: 地味 (ja) (jimi)

Persian: خفیف‎ (fa) (xafif) Swedish: dämpad (sv)

Verb

subdued

1. simple past tense and past participle of subdue

   He subdued the dog yesterday.