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subdued
Synonyms and Antonyms of subdued
- the wedding was a subdued affair, with only close family and friends attending
conservative, low-key (also low-keyed), muted, quiet, repressed, restrained, sober, toned-down, understated, unflashy, unpretentious
flamboyant, flaring, flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, loud, noisy, ostentatious, razzle-dazzle, splashy, swank (or swanky)
Synonyms and Antonyms of subdued
- subdued her fear of the dark by joining a club for spelunkers
beat, bested, conquered, defeated, did down [British], dispatched, got, got around, licked, mastered, overbore, overcame, overmatched, prevailed (over), skunked, stopped, surmounted, took, trimmed, triumphed (over), upended, won (against), worsted
edged (out), nosed out, pipped [British]
annihilated, blew away, blew out, bombed, broke, buried, clobbered, creamed, crushed, drubbed, finished, flattened, overwhelmed, routed, shellacked, skinned, slaughtered, smoked [slang], snowed under, thrashed, trounced, upset, walloped, waxed [slang], whipped
capped, excelled, flourished, scored, succeeded
knocked off, knocked over, overpowered, overthrew, subjugated, unseated, vanquished
aced (out), bettered, eclipsed, exceeded, excelled, outdid, outdistanced, outfought, outshone (or outshined), outstripped, overtopped, surpassed, topped, transcended
- subdued the rebels and sent their leaders to the gallows
annihilated, beat, clobbered, crushed, defeated, drubbed, licked, mowed (down), overcame, prevailed (over), reduced, routed, skunked, smashed, thrashed, triumphed (over), trounced, walloped, whipped
broke, clamped down (on), cracked down (on), put down, quashed, quelled, repressed, silenced, smothered, snuffed (out), squashed, squelched, suppressed
discharged, emancipated, enfranchised, freed, liberated, manumitted, released, sprang (or sprung), unbound, uncaged, unchained, unfettered
- labored through the night to subdue the river's rising waters by building a wall of sandbags around their property
doused (also dowsed), extinguished, put out, quenched
smothered, stifled, strangled, throttled
annihilated, decimated, demolished, desolated, destroyed, devastated, nuked, rubbed out, ruined, smashed, wasted, wrecked
exterminated, obliterated, wiped out
conquered, dominated, overcame, overpowered, overwhelmed, subjugated, vanquished
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