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Definition of subdue

verb:

• put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising", "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently", "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land". Synonyms: keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subjugate.
• to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising", "stamp down on littering", "conquer one's desires". Synonyms: conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, suppress.
• hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites", "mortify the flesh". Synonyms: crucify, mortify.
• get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness". Synonyms: get over, master, overcome, surmount.
• make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler". Synonyms: subordinate.
• correct by punishment or discipline. Synonyms: chasten, tame.

Related words

blink, bulldog, burke, dampen, hush, mortify, muffle, quell, quench, quieten, repress, silence, smother, squelch, stifle, still, strangle, wink.

Words nearby

subdued, subduer.

Rhymes with

accrue, adieu, ado, anew, anew, askew, babu, baku, ballyhoo, bamboo, bleu, blue, boo, brew, canoe, cebu, chew, chou, clue, construe.