Synonyms:
dull, muffled, muted, softened
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
muffled
Meaning: wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; "children muffled almost to the eyebrows"
Usage examples
"I can't find them!" he said in muffled tones.
"Wait, wait!" gasped the muffled voice of Milburgh.
He led the muffled form into the chamber where Amy and Annie slept.
You have a pillow on your bed, under which the bell can be muffled."
In spite of muffled cloth and silence, he knew them for what they were.
They were so muffled and wrapped in cloth that only their eyes were exposed.
She was sitting half buried, it seemed, in the arm-chair, her face muffled up.
Whence come you, and what seek you here?" His voice was heavy and toneless as a muffled bell.
He was rather odd looking, being invariably muffled up in a large cloak and a foreign sort of hat.
Always the methodical muffled boom of cannon through the windows, and the delegates, screaming at each other....