MUFFLE, MUFFLED
ADJECTIVES
► DEAF muffled; so dull as to be hardly or indistinctly heard; muffled; said of sounds → 1612 obs.
► MUZZLED muffled, veiled, masked → 1581 obs., chiefly Sc.
► SORDINE muffled, subdued → 1894
► VEILED muffled, indistinct, obscure; said of sound, the voice, etc. → 1834
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