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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
muffled
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a muffled cry (=that cannot be heard clearly)
▪ I thought I heard a muffled cry from somewhere in the building.
a muffled explosion (=one that is not heard very clearly)
▪ We could just make out a muffled explosion from deep inside the mine.
a muffled sound (=not clear)
▪ Now there were muffled sounds of movement.
a muffled/stifled scream (=made quieter, for example by putting a hand over someone’s mouth)
▪ No one heard her muffled screams.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
sound
▪ Quinn stayed awake, straining to identify the muffled sounds from upstairs.
▪ There was some clicking, and then the muffled sound of a human voice making its usual incomprehensible noises.
▪ Water Gypsy had definitely moved at her moorings, and now there were muffled sounds of movement.
▪ From below he heard shouting and running feet, and from further off came the muffled sound of more gunfire.
▪ Celia got up and followed her into the kitchen, and there were muffled sounds of crying.
▪ He could hear the muffled sound of the train as it plodded round the curves.
▪ He listened intently, heard nothing immediate, only the muffled sound of a radio or television from another room.
▪ Now and then the long-muzzled heads would lift, pointed ears erect, at the muffled sound of distant gunshots.
voice
▪ It began with muffled voices that meant nothing.
▪ After the third knocking a light went on in Jessie's room; then there was the sound of muffled voices.
▪ The muffled voice behind the door sank at last into hopeless silence.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ His voice was muffled, "I'm in the bathroom. I'm stuck.''
▪ the muffled yells of children at play
▪ We heard muffled shouts and screams from the bar below.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A muffled thump from below, somewhere at the foot of the stairs.
▪ Celia got up and followed her into the kitchen, and there were muffled sounds of crying.
▪ It began with muffled voices that meant nothing.
▪ Somehow the dimness made my footsteps sound muffled, timid.
▪ Standing to one side, the sound is muffled and boomy.
▪ The sound of breaking glass - muffled remonstrations.
▪ There was some clicking, and then the muffled sound of a human voice making its usual incomprehensible noises.
▪ Water Gypsy had definitely moved at her moorings, and now there were muffled sounds of movement.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
muffled

muffled \muffled\ adj.

  1. same as muted; as, muffled drums; the muffled noises of the street.

    Syn: dull, muted, softened.

  2. Wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; as, children muffled almost to the eyebrows.

Wiktionary
muffled

vb. (en-past of: muffle)

WordNet
muffled

  1. adj. being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets" [syn: dull, muted, softened]

  2. wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; "children muffled almost to the eyebrows"

Usage examples of "muffled".

They all shuffle, all these strange lonely children of God, these mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives whose noisy aberrations are safely muffled now by drugs.

Skin acrawl with urgency, Taverik strode down to the beached boat and muffled the badly mismatched oars.

The rods were already coming out of the core as the muffled sound of automatic rifle fire sounded from the lower levels of the aft compartment.

He tried to choke it back, but the muffled croak was enough to bring Alec from his alcove.

Suddenly it jogged to one side and Alec heard the sound of something heavy falling over, immediately followed by a muffled curse.

Grinning in silent triumph, Alec lifted out a leather folder and heard the muffled crackle of parchment.

The muffled sound of hooves on the dirt trail lulled Angelina into a near sleep.

It was down one of the endlessly dividing data branches growing out of that single muffled reference to the set of synthetic genes that had been derived from the embryonic switching mechanisms of the axolotl and the fearsome dragonfly nymph.

Its dead black eyes saw Artek, and the parrot opened its beakless mouth in a muffled squawk of alarm.

At midnight two boat-loads of determined men, rowing with muffled oars moved silently out from the blockader towards the beached vessel.

Muffled clatters from the side stairs, heard only by Margaret and The Shadow, were proof that Dana Brye had fled.

Dodds clacking keyboard sounded more natural than the muffled burbling of the funnel or the squeals and creaks of the coaster.

I was curious to know what the results would be, and had not been at the place appointed more than a quarter of an hour when she came towards me, her head muffled in a hood.

Before Chun Laro could drive forward, a muffled tumult stopped all motion in the throne room.

Then to an accompaniment of lutes and theorbos and citherns moving above the pulse of muffled drums, a choir of maidens sang a song of welcome, strewing the path before the lords of Demonland and the Queen with sweet white hyacinths and narcissus blooms, while the ladies Mevrian and Armelline, more lovely than any queens of earth, waited at the head of the golden staircase above the inner court to greet Queen Sophonisba come to Galing.