muffled

muf·fle ¹  (mfl)

tr.v. muf·fled, muf·fling, muf·fles

1. To wrap up, as in a blanket or shawl, for warmth, protection, or secrecy.

2.

a. To wrap or pad in order to deaden the sound: muffled the drums.

b. To deaden (a sound): The sand muffled the hoofbeats.

3. To make vague or obscure: "His message was so muffled by learning and 'artiness'" Walter Blair.

4. To repress; stifle.

n.

1. Something that muffles.

2. A kiln or part of a kiln in which pottery can be fired without being exposed to direct flame.

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[Middle English muflen, possibly from Old French mofler, to stuff, from mofle, glove; see muff².]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	muffled - 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" muted, softened, dull soft - (of sound) relatively low in volume; "soft voices"; "soft music"
	2.	muffled - wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; "children muffled almost to the eyebrows" covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"

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muffled

adjective indistinct, suppressed, subdued, dull, faint, dim, muted, strangled, stifled

Translations

muffled [ˈmʌfld] adj → sordo, apagado

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muffled [ˈmʌfld] adj → étouffé(e) → voilé(e)

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muffled [ˈmʌfld] muffle adj (see vt) → gedämpft; eingemummelt

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muffled [ˈmʌfld] adj → smorzato/a, attutito/a