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subdued
Overview of verb subdue
The verb subdue has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce -- (put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land")
2. (2) suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb -- (to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires")
3. mortify, subdue, cricify -- (hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh")
4. overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master -- (get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness")
5. subordinate, subdue -- (make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler")
6. tame, chasten, subdue -- (correct by punishment or discipline)
Overview of adj subdued
The adj subdued has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) hushed, muted, subdued, quiet -- (in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand")
2. (2) low-key, low-keyed, subdued -- (restrained in style or quality; "a little masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence")
3. subdued -- (quieted and brought under control; "children were subdued and silent")
4. soft, subdued -- (not brilliant or glaring; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft pastel colors"; "subdued lighting")
5. dim, subdued -- (lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music")
Grep of noun subdued
subduedness
Antonyms of verb subdue
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb subdue
6 senses of subdue
Sense 1
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
=> oppress, suppress, crush
Sense 2
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
Sense 3
mortify, subdue, cricify
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
Sense 4
overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sense 5
subordinate, subdue
=> lower, lour
=> devalue
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 6
tame, chasten, subdue
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb subdue
3 of 6 senses of subdue
Sense 2
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> wink, blink, blink away
=> stifle, dampen
=> choke off, choke down, choke back
=> hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
=> burke
=> silence
=> squelch, quell, quench
=> smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
Sense 3
mortify, subdue, cricify
=> mortify
Sense 4
overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
=> bulldog
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb subdue
6 senses of subdue
Sense 1
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
=> oppress, suppress, crush
Sense 2
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Sense 3
mortify, subdue, cricify
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Sense 4
overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sense 5
subordinate, subdue
=> lower, lour
Sense 6
tame, chasten, subdue
=> change, alter, modify
'Cause To' of verb subdue
Derived Forms of verb subdue
2 of 6 senses of subdue
Sense 1
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
RELATED TO>(noun) subduer#1
=> subduer, surmounter, overcomer
Sense 2
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
RELATED TO>(noun) subduer#1
=> subduer, surmounter, overcomer
Domain of verb subdue
Domain Terms of verb subdue
Familiarity of verb subdue
subdue used as a verb is common (polysemy count =6)
Sample Sentences of verb subdue
6 senses of subdue
Sense 1
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
mortify, subdue, cricify
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 4
overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
subordinate, subdue
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 6
tame, chasten, subdue
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb subdue
6 senses of subdue
Sense 1
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
> oppress, suppress, crush
=> repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
Sense 2
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> damp
=> mortify, subdue, cricify
=> deny, abnegate
=> restrict
=> train
=> catch
=> bate
=> thermostat
=> countercheck, counteract
Sense 3
mortify, subdue, cricify
> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> damp
=> mortify, subdue, cricify
=> deny, abnegate
=> restrict
=> train
=> catch
=> bate
=> thermostat
=> countercheck, counteract
Sense 4
overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
> get the better of, overcome, defeat
=> demolish, destroy
=> beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> wallop
=> down
=> overrun
=> lurch, skunk
=> get the best, have the best, overcome
=> overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
=> rout, rout out, expel
=> upset
=> nose
=> conquer
=> survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it
Sense 5
subordinate, subdue
> lower, lour
=> derate
=> subordinate, subdue
Sense 6
tame, chasten, subdue
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb subdue
Sense 1
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
=> oppress, suppress, crush
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Sense 2
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
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Sense 3
mortify, subdue, cricify
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
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Sense 4
overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
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Sense 5
subordinate, subdue
=> lower, lour
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Sense 6
tame, chasten, subdue
=> change, alter, modify
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Grep of verb subdue
subdue
Antonyms of adj subdued
5 senses of subdued
Sense 1
hushed, muted, subdued, quiet
INDIRECT (VIA soft) -> loud
Sense 2
low-key, low-keyed, subdued
INDIRECT (VIA restrained) -> unrestrained
Sense 3
subdued
INDIRECT (VIA tame) -> wild
Sense 4
soft, subdued
INDIRECT (VIA dull) -> bright
Sense 5
dim, subdued
INDIRECT (VIA dark) -> light
Similarity of adj subdued
5 senses of subdued
Sense 1
hushed, muted, subdued, quiet
=> soft (vs. loud)
Sense 2
low-key, low-keyed, subdued
=> restrained (vs. unrestrained)
Sense 3
subdued
=> tame (vs. wild)
Sense 4
soft, subdued
=> dull (vs. bright)
Sense 5
dim, subdued
=> dark (vs. light)
Pertainyms of adj subdued
Attributes of adj subdued
Domain of adj subdued
Domain Terms of adj subdued
Familiarity of adj subdued
subdued used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =5)
Grep of adj subdued
subdued
unsubdued
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