subdued meaning
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US - VerbPREsub-
- simple past tense and past participle of subdue.
- He subdued the dog yesterday.
- simple past tense and past participle of subdue.
- AdjectiveCOMmore subduedSUPmost subdued
- Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.
- he is subdued after the disagreement last night.
- Not glaring in color; soft and light in tone.
- the colour scheme used for this room is subdued.
- Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Rooney had been suffered a barren spell for England with only one goal in 15 games but he was in no mood to ignore the gifts on offer in front of an increasingly subdued Bulgarian support.
- One Hollywood Flood-Lite was used, subdued to 20 amperes and screened by lowering the Lite back of a small headground, until detail in the composition was almost lost to the eye.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of subdued in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
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- Past participles
- Past participles
- Verb simple past forms
- Participles
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- en subduedly
- en subduedness
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "subdued" is an adjective. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.