n. 25B6; adjective
Yasmin remained mute : SILENT, speechless, dumb, unspeaking, tight-lipped, taciturn; informal mum; archaic mumchance.
a mute appeal : WORDLESS, silent, dumb, unspoken, unvoiced, unexpressed.
the church was mute : QUIET, silent, hushed.
he was deaf and mute : DUMB, unable to speak; Medicine aphasic.
voluble, spoken.
25B6; verb
the noise was muted by the heavy curtains : DEADEN, muffle, dampen, soften, quieten; stifle, smother, suppress.
Bruce muted his criticisms : RESTRAIN, soften, tone down, moderate, temper.
intensify.