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v. To conquer and subjugate; vanquish. See Synonyms at defeat.

v. To quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make tractable.

v. To make less intense or prominent; tone down: subdued my excitement about the upcoming holiday.

v. To bring (land) under cultivation: Farmers subdued the arid lands of Australia.

v. To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.

v. To bring (a country) under control by force.

v. To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

v. To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush.

v. To destroy the force of; to overcome.

v. To render submissive; to bring under command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; to tame.

v. To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means.

v. To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften.

v. To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds.

v. To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften.

To conquer and bring into permanent subjection; reduce under dominion.

To overpower by superior force; gain the victory over; bring under; vanquish; crush.

To prevail over by some mild or softening influence; influence by association; assimilate; overcome, as by kindness, persuasion, entreaty, or other mild means; gain complete sway over; melt.

To bring down; reduce.

To tone down; soften; make less striking or harsh, as in sound, illumination, or color: in this sense generally in the past participle: as, subdued colors; a subdued light.

To improve by cultivation; make mellow; break, as land.

Synonyms and Vanquish, Subjugate, etc. (see conquer), crush, quell.

To soften.

n. Subjugation; conquest.

v. get on top of; deal with successfully

v. to put down by force or authority

v. put down by force or intimidation

v. correct by punishment or discipline

v. hold within limits and control

v. make subordinate, dependent, or subservient

"But the harsh facts of human history belie this benign revisionist interpretation of the meaning of "subdue," and the preponderance of unambiguous passages in the Bible giving mankind dominion over nature's bounty argue against any idea that religion is environmentalism in disguise."

subdued    subdues    subduing   

crush    oppress    suppress    change    modify    alter    lour    lower   

overcome    intimidate    mitigate    suppress    subdued mountain   

vanquish    overcome    overpower    conquer    surmount    crush    tame    melt    soften    subject   

Baku    Blue    Cebu    Chengdu    Chou    Chu    Crewe    Drew    Ewe    Few   

river-water    half-tremulous    the    purple-tinged    untranslatable    exhausted    undreamt-of    symphonious    garfish    finely-cut