Jimmy Rettick's definitions

subdued

1. quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled: After the argument he was much more subdued.
2. lowered in intensity or strength; reduced in fullness of tone, as a color or voice; muted: subdued light; wallpaper in subdued greens.
3. (of land) not marked by any striking features, as mountains or cliffs: a subdued landscape.

She subdued her screams as the sun came up.

by Jimmy Rettick April 9, 2008