subdued light
1subdued — subduedly, adv. subduedness, n. /seuhb doohd , dyoohd /, adj. 1. quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled: After the argument he was much more subdued. 2. lowered in intensity or strength; reduced in fullness of tone, as a color or voice; muted:… …
2subdued — adjective 1) Lewis s subdued air Syn: somber, low spirited, downcast, sad, dejected, depressed, gloomy, despondent, dispirited, disheartened, forlorn, woebegone; withdrawn, preoccupied; informal down in/at the mouth, down in the dumps, in the… …
3subdued — adjective 1. in a softened tone (Freq. 3) hushed voices muted trumpets a subdued whisper a quiet reprimand • Syn: ↑hushed, ↑muted, ↑quiet …
4subdued — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem, sound ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …
5light — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 brightness ADJECTIVE ▪ clear, good ▪ bright, brilliant, harsh, intense, strong ▪ blinding …
6light — Synonyms and related words: ASA scale, Anschauung, British candle, Hefner candle, Mickey Mouse, Paphian, Scheiner scale, Very flare, abuse, accented, account, acquaintance, active, aerial, aeriform, aery, agile, airish, airlike, airy, alabaster,… …
7subdued — adjective a) Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild. he is subdued after the disagreement last night. b) Not glaring in color; soft and light in tone. the colour scheme used for this room is subdued …
8subdued — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Olympian, aesthetic, aloof, artistic, backward, barely audible, bashful, bated, blank, bowed down, broken, brought low, calmed, cast down, chaste, chastened, chilled, chilly, choice, classic, cold, conquered,… …
9half-light — /ˈhaf laɪt/ (say hahf luyt) noun 1. light of much less than normal intensity: *Teresa paled in the half light of the passage. –christina stead, 1944. 2. the subdued light of either dawn or dusk: *Early rising in the half light, when the morn came …
10half-light — [haf′līt΄] n. dim or subdued light …
