subdued (adj.)
- aesthetic
- aloof
- artistic
- backward
- bashful
- bated
- blank
- broken
- calmed
- chaste
- chilly
- choice
- classic
- cold
- conquered
- constrained
- controlled
- cool
- creamy
- crestfallen
- crushed
- dashed
- dead
- deadened
- decrescendo
- dejected
- delicate
- depressed
- despairing
- despondent
- detached
- dim
- discouraged
- discreet
- disheartened
- dispirited
- distant
- domesticated
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- drooping
- droopy
- dull
- dulled
- excellent
- expressionless
- faint
- feeble
- flat
- flattened
- forbidding
- frigid
- frosty
- gentle
- grave
- guarded
- heartless
- housebroken
- humble
- humbled
- humiliated
- hushed
- hypochondriac
- hypochondriacal
- icy
- impassive
- impersonal
- inaccessible
- indistinct
- introverted
- iridescent
- lamblike
- light
- limited
- low
- low-key
- low-spirited
- mastered
- meek
- mellow
- mellowed
- mild
- moderated
- modest
- muffled
- muted
- nacreous
- offish
- opalescent
- pacific
- pale
- pastel
- peaceable
- peaceful
- pearly
- pessimistic
- pianissimo
- piano
- placid
- pleasing
- pure
- quashed
- quelled
- quiet
- reduced
- remote
- removed
- repressed
- reserved
- restrained
- reticent
- retiring
- sad
- serious
- shrinking
- simple
- smashed
- smothered
- sober
- soft
- softened
- solemn
- somber
- spiritless
- squashed
- squelched
- stable
- standoffish
- stifled
- subjugated
- submissive
- subtle
- suicidal
- suppressed
- sweet
- tame
- tamed
- tasteful
- tasty
- temperate
- tempered
- tender
- toned
- tranquil
- unaffected
- unapproachable
- unclear
- uncongenial
- undemonstrative
- understated
- unenthusiastic
- unexpansive
- unobtrusive
- vanquished
- weak
- well-chosen
- whispered
- withdrawn
- woebegone
- world-weary
My galligaskins, that have long withstood
The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts,
By time subdued (what will not time subdue!),
A horrid chasm disclosed.
My nature is subdu'd
To what it works in, like the dyer's hand.
