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n. a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument

muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down

v. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

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adj. expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe

dumb, mute, silent

adj. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

tone down, moderate, tame

v. make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

mitigate

v. make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances"

quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down

v. become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"

mum, silent

adj. failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the witness remained silent"

taciturn

adj. habitually reserved and uncommunicative

reticent, untalkative

adj. temperamentally disinclined to talk

aphasic

adj. unable to speak because of a brain lesion

aphonic, voiceless

adj. being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech

dumb, mute, silent

adj. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

dumb

adj. lacking the power of human speech; "dumb animals"

incoherent, tongue-tied

adj. unable to express yourself clearly or fluently; "felt tongue-tied with embarrassment"; "incoherent with grief"

speechless, dumb

adj. temporarily incapable of speaking; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock"

stammering, stuttering

adj. unable to speak freely and easily

unarticulated

adj. uttered without the use of normal words or syllables