Muted and Sounding

Muted

Muted adjective - Mostly or entirely without sound.

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

Nearby Words: mute, muting

Sounding

Sounding adjective - Appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms.
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Synonyms for Sounding

Muted and sounding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Muted" instead an adjective "Sounding".

Nearby Words: sound, sounded, sounder

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  • Coming out of left field with the lowest frequencies their strings of steel have ever unleashed, massaging the inside of your skull; Tomas's robotic, almost seductive sounding vocals; the steady peal of high palm-muted notes sounding like a Sega Genesis serenading a lover at Carnegie Hall.
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