Dead and Muted

Dead

Dead adjective - No longer living.

Muted and dead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Muted" instead an adjective "Dead".

Nearby Word: deadly

Muted

Muted adjective - Mostly or entirely without sound.

Dead and muted are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dead" instead an adjective "Muted".

Nearby Words: mute, muting

Both words in one sentence

  • LaRone instinctively wrests it away, the officer pulls out a holdout blaster, there is a "soft flash, a muted blast" — and the officer falls dead.
  • Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist Granted, the shirts that the locals wear tend to be of higher qualitynote A dead giveaway being a pocket that blends in with the surrounding pattern and with generally darker, more muted patterns.
  • Critical Annoyance The previously muted voice activates and begins its warning speech in otherwise dead silence.
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