1 (of a person) unusually quiet, and possibly unhappy:
He seemed a bit subdued to me. * She was in a subdued mood. * The reception was a subdued affair.
2 (of light or colours) not very bright:
subdued lighting * the subdued greens and browns of the landscape
3 (of sounds) not very loud:
a subdued conversation * the sound of subdued laughter
4 (of business activity) not very busy; with not much activity:
a subdued housing market * a period of subdued trading
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for subdued is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is subdued a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, subdued is tagged as adjective.
Does subdued appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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