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Muffled

adjective

Being or made softer or less loud or clear. Synonyms: dull, muted, softened. "Muffled drums" , "The muffled noises of the street" , "Muted trumpets"

Wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy.

Muffle

verb

(past & past part. muffled; pres. part. muffling)

Conceal or hide. Synonyms: repress, smother, stifle, strangle. "Muffle one's anger" , "Strangle a yawn"

Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping. Synonyms: damp, dampen, dull, mute, tone down.

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"Muffled" Quotes from Famous Books

... was sent off in frantic haste in search of Dr. Lancaster, and later in the day two white-capped nurses appeared on the scene. Then followed hours of hushed uncertainty, when people went to and fro with hurried, muffled footsteps and spoke together in whispers, while Virginie's face grew yellow and drawn-looking, and the tears trickled down her wrinkled-apple cheeks ...

— The Lamp of Fate • Margaret Pedler

... ringing of bicycle bells, nor loud genial shouts outraging the decorous calm of Riseholme, but certainly he had heard something. Next moment, the repeated noise sent his heart leaping into his throat, for quite distinctly he heard a muffled sound in the room below, which he instantly diagnosed with fatal certainty as burglars. The first emotion that mingled itself with the sheer terror, was a passionate regret that Hermy and Ursy had not come. They would have ...

— Queen Lucia • E. F. Benson

... ointments, these scars or pits may be prevented: it is impossible to prevent them; and any local application, except a little cold cream or oil of almonds applied to the scabs when they harden, will prove more injurious than useful. The child's hands, however, should always be muffled to prevent its scratching or breaking the sores, for otherwise he will not be kept from thus attempting to allay the ...

— The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease. • Thomas Bull, M.D.

... clicking their heels unromantically together as they roosted upon the porch, and threw cigarette stubs at the water lilies while they wrangled amiably over the merits of their mounts; saw them drag their blankets out into the broody dusk of the grove when the nights were hot, and heard their muffled swearing under their "tarps" because of the mosquitoes which kept the night air twanging like a stricken harp ...

— Good Indian • B. M. Bower

... an order came, and the first troop moved with muffled tumult across the bridge. Coleman and his dragoman followed the last troop. The horses scrambled up the muddy bank much as if they were merely breaking out of a pasture, but probably all the men felt a sudden ...

— Active Service • Stephen Crane

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