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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb mute which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

mute
  1. Not having the power of speech; dumb. [from 15th c.]
  2. Silent; not making a sound. [from 15th c.]
  3. Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
  4. Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. aphonic, aphasic, aphasiac, dumb, speechless, voiceless, inarticulate, tongueless, unable to speak, silent, mom, mum, mumchance, tongue-tied, lost for words, at a loss for words, unable to get a word out, inaudible, without the power of speech, poorly spoken, unable to express oneself, uncommunicative, wordless, shy, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dumbfounded, obmutescent, bashful, embarrassed, stammering, dazed, awkward, garbled, timid, struck dumb, bereft of speech, choked up, quiet, taciturn, unforthcoming, muted, closemouthed … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Here was a mute boy who could express himself perfectly with sign language and the most graceful gestures.”
      “Police officers remained mute spectators as pedestrians, bikers, car drivers, autodrivers and other road users waited out the jams under a bright January sun.”
      “I threw her a mute look of appeal.”
muteable
  1. Capable of being muted.
mutest
  1. superlative form of mute: most mute
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dumbest, most aphasic, most inarticulate, silentest, quietest, most uncommunicative, most mumchance, most taciturn, most unforthcoming, most wordless, most closemouthed, most unspeaking, most untalkative, most tongue-tied, most tight-lipped, most tacit, most unexpressed, most unsounded, most hushed, most noiseless, most soundless … more
muted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of mute
  2. Synonyms:
      3. silenced, quietened, hushed, quieted, muffled, shushed, squelched, stilled, gagged, muzzled, stifled, quelled, extinguished, settled, deadened, dumbed, dulled, dampened, smothered, softened, masked, drowned, shut up, piped down, toned down, turned down, decreased the volume, kept it down, drowned out, reduced, lessened, decreased, diminished, moderated, weakened, blunted, checked, mitigated, allayed, alleviated, suppressed, eased, curbed, restrained … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The tension grew, and the surgeon began muttering to himself quietly in a muted voice.”
      “Both of them were dressed in bright red, in sharp contrast to the muted décor.”
      “I sat in a chair in a room with muted light, closed my eyes, and focused.”
muting
  1. present participle of mute
  2. Synonyms:
      3. silencing, quietening, hushing, quieting, muffling, shushing, squelching, stilling, gagging, muzzling, stifling, quelling, extinguishing, settling, deadening, dumbing, dulling, dampening, smothering, softening, masking, drowning, shutting up, piping down, toning down, turning down, decreasing the volume, keeping it down, drowning out, reducing, lessening, decreasing, diminishing, moderating, weakening, blunting, checking, mitigating, allaying, alleviating, suppressing, easing, curbing, restraining … more
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