"muffled" in the verb sense
1. smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
suppress in order to conceal or hide
"smother a yawn"
"muffle one's anger"
"strangle a laugh"
"repress a cry of fear"
2. muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
"muffled" in the adjective sense
1. dull, muffled, muted, softened
being or made softer or less loud or clear
"the dull boom of distant breaking waves"
"muffled drums"
"the muffled noises of the street"
"muted trumpets"
2. muffled
wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy
"children muffled almost to the eyebrows"
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