TONE (DOWN) Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

tone (down)

verb

Definition of tone (down)

as in to mute

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Verb

There’s no flashy design and no over-the-top exterior, instead muted hues and lots of marble.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
In lectures and seminars, his cleft palate caused his voice to be muted and his pronunciation at times unclear.

— Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of mute

Verb

The tension of Noah’s character, which Lanterns presents as a parallel to John’s, is immediately blunted by the show’s need to soften and resolve everything left uncertain in John’s.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
At this point, Trump has relatively few options available to blunt new price shocks, the effects of which may be visible not just at the pump but also at the ballot box.

— Greg Pollock, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of blunt

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Attempts to muffle creative voices through bullying and strong-arm tactics are fundamentally anti-American and have become all too common in recent years.

— Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
After two hours of practice, with the 10-foot-tall fences doing little to muffle the bullhorn orders and corresponding groans, the huddle broke and the personalities sprung to life.

— Noah White, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of muffle

Verb

Slickwater uses a mix of water, sand, and thin, friction-reducing chemicals rather than thicker gels to shatter dense shale rock deep underground and free the gas.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Choudri told the board during the hearing that the agency had adopted measures to reduce consultant costs.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of reduce

Verb

Deaths from the virus have decreased by 36% in the past decade.

— Philip A. Chan, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
Academics and researchers have proposed a wide variety of causes for the crisis, like changes in the economy, decreasing social connections, access to firearms, and the pandemic.

— Darius Tahir, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of decrease

Verb

Everywhere are cosseting details like stiffer mounting bushes and extra damping bars.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026
The preset low-speed compression and rebound damping settings can be fine-tuned further with twelve clicks of compression adjustment and sixteen clicks of rebound adjustment.

— Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 23 Sep. 2026

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