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

subdued
  1. Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.
  2. Not glaring in color; soft and light in tone.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. restrained, quiet, sober, sombre, somber, lifeless, repressed, dull, grave, inactive, low-keyed, passive, pensive, serious, spiritless, tempered, understated, withdrawn, chastened, conservative, unflashy, controlled, muted, unpretentious, inobtrusive, low-key, toned-down, discreet, unobtrusive, subtle, inconspicuous, unostentatious, modest, downbeat, soft, simple, toned down, unnoticeable, tasteful, unassuming, plain, played down, invisible, reserved, minimalist, conventional, relaxed, circumspect, bland, unspectacular … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “At this end of the island, sunset watching was a more quiet, subdued affair.”
      “I sat in a chair in a room with subdued light, closed my eyes, and focused.”
      “The conversation around them resumed, but in subdued tones.”
subduable
  1. That can be subdued; domitable.
  2. Examples:
      3. “In other words, she becomes a subordinate and subduable version of the master.”
      “Our ancestors had known that nature was not subduable and, therefore, had made it an obligation for man to surrender to nature and live in tune with it.”
      “In the poems translated in God is a Customer, God not only becomes approachable, but subduable.”
subdood
  1. (obsolete, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of subdued
subduing
  1. present participle of subdue
  2. Synonyms:
      3. getting, beating, defeating, besting, winning against, prevailing over, surmounting, triumphing over, dispatching, licking, taking, conquering, getting around, mastering, overbearing, overcoming, overmatching, skunking, stopping, trimming, upending, overpowering, vanquishing, subjugating, crushing, overwhelming, worsting, getting the better of, trouncing, routing, clobbering, thrashing, quashing, suppressing, repressing, drubbing, dominating, quelling, overthrowing, wiping the floor with, whipping, creaming, doing down, bringing someone to their knees, owning, making mincemeat of, stuffing, demolishing, oppressing, shellacking … more
subdewed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of subdew
subdewing
  1. present participle of subdew
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