muffles

Deadens the sound

Muffles is the third-person singular form of the verb muffle, which means to wrap or cover something to deaden or suppress sound: The snow muffles the traffic noise.

You can muffle a drum, your voice, or your footsteps.

By extension, to muffle is to restrain or suppress more generally: She muffled a laugh.

The word also applies to wrapping for warmth, as when someone muffles up against the cold.

sound

dampens

Lessens intensity or moisture

deadensReduces force or feeling
softensReduces intensity or hardness
quietsReduces noise or agitation

silences · stifles · subdues · absorbs · buffers · attenuates · dulls · mutes · smothers · reduces

concealment

obscures

Makes difficult to perceive

hidesConceals or animal skins
masksFace-covering disguises
veilsTranslucent face coverings

shrouds · cloaks · covers · disguises · suppresses · restrains · stifles · smothers · buries · contains

speech

gags

Jokes or silencing devices

silencesStops from speaking
censorsThose who suppress content
restrainsHolds back or controls

suppresses · chokes · strangles · throttles · shushes · quiets · hushes · mutes · inhibits · curbs

warmth

scarves

Neck-warming fabric strips

wrapsEncircles with covering
blanketsFabric bed coverings
bundledGathered and tied together

layered · swaddled · cocooned · insulated · fleece · wool · thermal · quilted · downy · snug

muffles

dampens

obscures

gags

scarves

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