subdued

• subdood

• (General American) IPA^(key): /səbˈdud/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səbˈdjuːd/
• Rhymes: -uːd
• Hyphenation: sub‧dued

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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, 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.

3. Reduced in intensity or strength; toned down.

subdued

1. simple past and past participle of subdue

   He subdued the dog yesterday.