muting
Turning off audio
Muting is silencing or reducing the volume of something.
You might be muting your phone during a meeting, muting a TV commercial, or muting a participant on a video call.
Musicians speak of muting an instrument to soften or alter its tone.
Figuratively, muting can mean toning down: She's been muting her criticism lately.
Make less firm
- muffleDeaden or suppress sound
- deadenDiminish force or sensation
- attenuateReduce in force
- absorbTake in fully
reduce · buffer · diminish · subdue · lessen · dull · blunt · moderate
Impeding forward progress
- filteringSelective passage of elements
- unfollowingStopping updates from someone
- hidingStaying out of sight
- silencingStopping noise or dissent
notifications · timeline · feed · unfollow · block · ignore · snooze · restrict
Amount of space filled
- buttonDisc through a hole
- sliderAdjustable interface element
- remoteDistant or controller
- microphoneAudio input device
notification · speaker · headphones · mixer · fader · adjustment · toggle · icon
Reduced in intensity
- desaturatedReduced in color intensity
- pastelPale, gentle shade
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- neutralNot favoring any side
soft · faded · earthy · dusty · grayed · subtle · restrained · bleached
soften
Make less firm
absorb · reduce · buffer · diminish · subdue · lessen · dull · blunt · moderate · temper
blocking
Impeding forward progress
- filteringSelective passage of elements
- unfollowingStopping updates from someone
- hidingStaying out of sight
silencing · notifications · timeline · feed · unfollow · block · ignore · snooze · restrict · dismiss
volume
Amount of space filled
microphone · notification · speaker · headphones · mixer · fader · adjustment · toggle · icon · control
subdued
Reduced in intensity
- desaturatedReduced in color intensity
- pastelPale, gentle shade
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
neutral · soft · faded · earthy · dusty · grayed · subtle · restrained · bleached · dimmed
damper
Device reducing vibration or flow
- phone etiquettevoicemail, caller ID, speakerphone, call waiting, screening calls
- drowning outmuffling, masking, silencing, overpowering, overwhelming
- drummingsnare drum, drum roll, drumroll, beat, drumsticks
- netiquetteread receipts, ghosting, emoji use, typing indicator, privacy settings
- self-censorshipfiltering, holding back, self-policing, restraint, editing
- silencingsilencing, hushing, shushing, quieting, muffling
mutingamplifying
Increasing strength or intensity
unmuting · turning up · boosting · blasting · cranking up
mutingamplifying
Increasing strength or intensity
intensifying · accentuating · emphasizing · heightening · highlighting
mutingsaturating
Filling to total capacity
brightening · intensifying · vivifying · enriching · enlivening
- palm mutingDeadening guitar strings by touch