Subdue

Definition: Subdue

Subdue

Verb

1. 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".

2. To put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising", "stamp down on littering" "conquer one's desires".

3. Hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites".

4. Get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness".

5. Correct by punishment or discipline.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "subdue" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Subdue \Sub*due"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Subdued; present participle verb or noun Subduing.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Subdue

Moderation

Moderate, soften, mitigate, temper, accoy; attemper, contemper; mollify, lenify, dulcify, dull, take off the edge, blunt, obtund, sheathe, subdue, chasten; sober down, tone down, smooth down; weaken; lessen; (decrease); check palliate.

Success

Settle, do for; break the neck of, break the back of; capsize, sink, shipwreck, drown, swamp; subdue; subjugate; (subject); reduce; make the enemy bite the dust; victimize, roll in the dust, trample under foot, put an extinguisher upon.

Crosswords: Subdue

Who refuses to subdue to these pelvic ostentations. (You Will Be A Hot Dancer; performing artist: Incubus)

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So that God, by commanding to subdue, gave authority so far to appropriate: and the condition of human life, which requires labour and materials to work on, necessarily introduces private possessions. (Second Treatise of Government)

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Health

The antimigraine drug sumatriptan can subdue a cluster, if taken at the first sign of an attack. (references)

Human Rights

Switzerland

Police claimed that they were forced to subdue Chukwu by cuffing his hands behind his back while he was prone on the floor. (references)

Russia

Numerous press reports indicated that the police frequently strike persons with little or no provocation or use excessive force to subdue arrestees. (references)

Guatemala

One woman was injured by firearm and allegedly the tear gas used by the guards to subdue the rioters intoxicated 12 children who reside at the prison with their mothers. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Albanian

zbut (allay, amortise, amortize, appease, assuage, attenuate, break, calm, chasten, commute, daunt, disarm, ease, extenuate, malaxate, manage, melt, mince, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palatalize, palliate, propitiate, qualify, reclaim, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, soothe, tame, temper, tenderize, tone down), ul (abase, cast down, cheapen, couch, decline, depress, disparage, drop, embus, furl, humble, incline, keep down, knock off, land, lower, modulate, pull down, reduce, scale down, seat, sink, strike, subside, throw, turn down, untuck), ndrydh (check, clench, constrain, dislocate, jam, sprain, stifle, suppress, turn, vice, wrench, wrick), nënshtroj (enslave, master, reduce, subject, subjugate, submit, subordinate, vanquish), mposht (conquer, depress, lick, manage, outdo, overbear, overcome, overmaster, overpower, quench, restrain, take care of, vanquish), gjunjëzoj (bring to knees, submit). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كتم (conceal, concealment, harbor, harbour, hide, hiding, repress, restrain, secrete, suppress, withhold), ‏كبت (bridle, check, contain, down, hold, hold back, inhibit, inhibition, keep, keep back, repress, repression, restrain, restraint, stifle, suppress, suppression, withhold), ‏كبح (arrest, bridle, check, contain, control, curb, hamper, hinder, hold, hold back, inhibit, inhibition, keep back, keep down, keep under control, leash, master, press, prevent, rein, repress, repression, restrain, restraint, steady, subdual, suppress, suppression, tame, withhold), ‏قمع (bridle, check, crush, funnel, put down, quash, quell, repress, repression, restrain, stamp down, suppress, suppression), ‏قهر (beat, compulsion, conquer, crush, defeat, defeating, force, get the better of, overbear, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, subdual, subjugate, subjugation, tame, vanquish), ‏غلب (defeat, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, predominate, prevail, prostrate), ‏خفف (alleviate, attemper, attenuate, deaden, ease off, extenuate, gloss over the facts, lessen, mitigate, modify, muffle, palliate, qualify, relax, relent, relieve, remit, slack, slake, slim, solace, succor, succour, thin, water down), ‏خفض الضوء, ‏خفض (ax, axe, bear, bring down, cut, debase, deplete, depreciation, depress, dropping, lessen, lower, lowering, mark down, minimize, pull down, put down, rebate, recline, retrench, scale down, shorten, sink, slake, slam, slash, step down, stitch down, turn down, whittle down), ‏خضع (bend, bow, compel, conquer, hew, knuckle under, kowtow, reclaim, reduce, steady, subject, subjugate, submit, subordinate, succumb, throw in one's hand, undergo, wash, yield). (various references)

Bulgarian 

укротявам (break in, calm down, cow, manage, master, mollify, pacify, settle, tame, twit), смекчавам (break down, chastise, correct, cushion, extenuate, humanize, lighten, melt, mince, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palliate, qualify, quiet, retouch, season, smooth out, soften, tame, temper, turn, water down), намалявам (abate, abbreviate, allay, attenuate, bring down, clip, contract, curtail, cut back, cut down, decline, decrease, deduct, deflate, degrade, deplete, detract, dim, diminish, ebb, extenuate, fine, impair, knock off, lessen, lighten, lull, minify, minimize, moderate, modify, pare down, prejudice, put back, put down, reduce, remit, run down, scant, shorten, shrink, sink, slacken, take from, thin, thin away, thin down, understate, wane, work down), потушавам (clamp, extinguish, mortify, overbear, put down, put out, quash, quell, quench, repress, smother, snuff out, squash, strangle, suppress, tread down), покорявам (bring under, captivate, subject, subjugate, vanquish, win), подчинявам (bend, overmaster, overpower, prostrate, subject, subordinate, tame, tie down, vanquish). (various references)

Chinese 

征服 (conquer, vanquish), 剋 , 克 (gram, to overcome, to restrain), 制服 (subdued, Subduing, uniform). (various references)

Czech

zmírnit (allay, alleviate, break, cushion, deaden, defuse, dilute, ease, extenuate, loosen, mitigate, palliate, relieve, remit, slacken, smooth, soften, soothe, temper, tone down, understate), potlaèit (contain, cork up, crush, fight down, hold back, hold in, inhibit, keep in, mince, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, scotch, smother, snuff out, stamp out, stifle, stop, suppress, tame), podrobit (overwhelm, remit, subject, undergo), podmanit (overpower, subjugate), přitlumit (dim). (various references)

Dutch

onderwerpen (subjugate, submit), knechten (subjugate, submit). (various references)

Esperanto

submeti (subjugate, submit), subigi (subjugate). (various references)

Farsi 

مقهورساختن , مطیع کردن (Reduce, Subject, Subjugate), رام کردن (Bridle, Daunt, Gentle, Master). (various references)

Finnish

saattaa valtansa alaiseksi (subject, subjugate), lannistaa (crush a person's spirit, discourage, dishearten, overcome), kukistaa (overthrow, quell, subjugate, suppress, vanquish), hiljentää (calm, hush, muffle, quiet, still, tone down), alistaa jotakin valtaansa (subjugate). (various references)

French

subjuguer (subjugate). (various references)

German

unterwerfen (bring under, conquer, subject, subjugate, submit, to subject), bändigen (bring under control, harness, keep down, master, quell, restrain, tame, train), überwältigen (force, overawe, overbear, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, subjugate, submit, to overbear, to overmaster, to overpower, to overwhelm). (various references)

Greek 

υποτάσσω (bring under, conquer, get under, grind down, subject, subject to, subjugate). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעשוק (exploit, maltreat, maraud, oppress, subjugate), ל�"כ� יע (humble, overpower, overwhelm, quell, subject, subjugate, subordinate), ל�"כא (aggrieve, fight down, oppress, squelch, stifle, suppress), לבצר (fortify, reduce, reinforce), לרו�" (trample on). (various references)

Hungarian

lever (down, strike down, strike off, to beat down, to drive in a pile, to knock off, to overwhelm, to pull down, to put down, to repress, to rout, to unman), leigáz (enslave, feudalize, oppress, overpower, subject, subjugate, to bring to heels, to bring under, to conquer, to enslave, to subject, to vanquish). (various references)

Indonesian

menundukkan. (various references)

Italian

sottomettere (bend, subject, submit, subordinate), piegare (bend, bow, crook, diffract, droop, duck, flex, fold, give in, incline, inflect, lap, tend, tilt, tuck, turn, yield), dominare (be on top of things, command, control, control oneself, curb, dominate, govern, Lord, master, order, overbear, overlook, overmaster, overrule, predominate, restrain, rule, sway, walk over), attenuare (alleviate, attenuate, dilute, dull, ease, extenuate, mitigate, muffle, soften, tone down, understate), assoggettare (subject). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

圧服 (keep down, overpower), 圧伏 (keep down, overpower). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

あっぷく (keep down, overpower). (various references)

Manx

injillaghey (change down, cheap, cheap morally, condescend, cut, cut down, debase, defer, degradation, degrade, demote, demotion, depreciate, depreciation, depress, depression, die down, humiliate, humiliation, level down, reduce, reduction, relegate, sink, step down, subject, submit, subordinate, subordination, turn down, vulgarization, vulgarize), cur fo chosh (get under, overwhelm, reduce, rid, suppress, suppression). (various references)

Pig Latin

ubduesay

Polish

podporządkować. (various references)

Portuguese

sujeitar (enthral, enthrall, obligate, overbear, overpower, pin, prevail over, subject, subjugate, subordinate, tie, yoke), subjugar (crush, overbear, overcome, overmaster, overpower, quell, rule, subject, subjugate, suppress, tame, vanquish, yoke), suavizar (allay, alleviate, assuage, attemper, ease, gentle, mitigate, palliate, salve, smooth, soften, soothe, tone down, unload), vencer (bear down, clear away, defeat, lick, outdo, outrival, overcome, overmatch, overpass, overpower, subjugate, surmount, triumph, vanquish, whop, win), reprimir (allay, arrest, bit, bridle, check, coerce, constrain, control, cork, douse, forbear, gulp, halt, keep back, keep down, overbear, quell, quench, refrain, rein in, repress, restrain, stifle, stop, suppress, throttle, tutor, vanquish), dominar (come over, command, conquer, control, cover, dominate, domineer, enthral, enthrall, govern, have command of, lick, live out, lord, manage, master, outmatch, overbear, overcome, overmaster, overpass, overpower, quell, rein, rein in, repress, restrain, rule, subject, subjugate, surmount, vanquish, wield), conquistar (acquire, attach, attract, beat, cob, conquer, subjugate, win). (various references)

Romanian

subjuga (bend, captivate, conquer, enslave, master, overmaster, subject, subjugate, yoke), stãpâni (check, command, control, dominate, get under, govern, have, hold, hold in leash, keep in, manage, own, quell, rage, reign, restrain, ride, rule, subjugate, sway, vanquish, wield), slãbi (abate, attenuate, Bate, crock, debilitate, depauperate, diminish, drain, droop, dull, ease, emaciate, emasculate, enfeeble, extenuate, fade, fail, flag, go down, grow weak, impair, languish, let, loosen, lose flesh, lose weight, macerate, mine, peak and pine, pinch, pull down, reduce, relax, sap, sink, slack, slacken, slenderize, slim, soften, subside, take the edge off, thin, undermine, weaken), supune (bend, bring under, crush, defeat, examine, keep under, overpower, present, propose, propound, reflect, subjugate, vanquish, win), cuceri (bear, captivate, carry, catch, conquer, fetch, gain, seize, subject, subjugate, take, vanquish, win), îmbuna (calm, conciliate, pacify, reconcile, tame), încãleca (back, bestride, horse, stride, subjugate, take horse), închina (dedicate to, inscribe, raise, subjugate, submit, yield), îngenunchea (bend, go on one's knees, knee, kneel, master, subjugate), abţine (abstain, refrain, refuse), atenua (abate, alleviate, attenuate, dilute, diminish, dull, extenuate, gloze, mellow, reduce, soften, subjugate, tone down, water down), îmblânzi (curb, daunt, domesticate, gentle, humanize, manage, mellow, milden, pacify, propitiate, reclaim, tame, train), coborî vocea, estompa (blur, stump), micşora (abate, abridge, attenuate, Bate, belittle, contract, cut, deaden, decrease, detract, dilute, dock, drop, dwarf, ease, knock down, lessen, lighten, lower, mellow, mitigate, narrow, palliate, pare, pare down, put down, rebate, reduce, remit, restrain, retrench, shorten, stop, subjugate, weaken, whittle away), potoli (becalm, compromise, dulcify, dull, hush, lighten, lull, mollify, quench, quiet, reassure, relieve, slack, slake, smooth, smooth down, sober, solace, stay, still, suppress, sweeten, temper, tranquillize), birui (conquer, defeat, drub, master, overbear, overcome, overpower, surmount, vanquish, win). (various references)

Russian 

смягчать (assuage, attenuate, commute, damp, extenuate, mellow, melt, mitigate, moderate, mollify, palatalize, palliate, relax, remit, soft pedal, soften, tone down), смирить (humble), покорять (bend, enslave, reduce, subjugate, vanquish), подавлять (bring under, browbeat, depress, grind, keep down, mortify, overbear, overpower, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, smother, stifle, suppress, whelm). (various references)

Scottish

ceannsaich (conquer, keep under, quell, tame). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

svesti (bring down, reduce), potčiniti (bend, master, subject, subjugate, submit). (various references)

Spanish

dominar (control, dominate, get over, govern, henpeck, keep down, Lord, master, overlook, overlord, overpower, overrule, possess, put down, subject, take over). (various references)

Swedish

undertrycka (hold down, inhibit, keep down, keep under, quell, quench, repress, restrain, smother, subjugate, suppress), underkuva (oppress, repress, subject, subjugate), kuva (bit, crush, curb, quell), dämpa (Bate, chasten, cushion, damp, dampen, deaden, dim, dull, kill, moderate, muffle, mute, quell, quench, supress, temper, tone down), betvinga (compel, overcome, overpower). (various references)

Thai

ทำให้อ่อนลง, ปราบ, ข่มอารม�"์. (various references)

Turkish

zorlamak (be urgent with smb., bludgeon, bully, clamor down, clamour down, coerce, compel, constrain, cow smb. into, cozen, do violence to, drag in, drive, edge on, enforce, exact, force, impel, impose, impress, lean upon, obligate, outrage, press, press-gang smb. into doing smth., pressure, push, push smb. for, railroad, railroad into doing, stampede, strain, stretch, sweat, twist smb.'s arm, urge, worry, wrest), kontrolüne almak, hafifletmek (allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attenuate, commute, deaden, de-escalate, ease, emasculate, extenuate, facilitate, lighten, mitigate, moderate, modify, palliate, qualify, relieve, remit, soft pedal, water, weaken), boyun eğdirmek (force to submit, overpower, subject, subjugate), bastırmak (allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, bear against, beat down, bottle up, Burke, choke, compress, crucify, depress, drown, extinguish, flow, gulp, gulp down, hold down, keep down, keep in, keep under, outtalk, overbear, overtake, pocket, push down, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, restrain, set in, settle, settle in, silence, smother, smother up, squash, squelch, stamp, stifle, strangle, submerge, suppress, swallow, throttle back, throttle down, weigh, weigh down, whelm, whip), baskı yapmak (bear against, coerce, constrain, constrict, force, impress, keep down, lean on, oppress, press, press for, press-gang smb. into doing smth., pressure, pressurize, push, put leverage on smb., put the bite on smb., sit upon, squeeze, stress, tyrannize, urge, urge against, use force). (various references)

Ukrainian

ослабляти (abate, allay, attenuate, deaden, debilitate, depress, emasculate, enfeeble, extenuate, impair, infirm, let down, loosen, lower, overcome, relax, slack, slacken, unbind, water, weaken), підкоряти (bend, conquer, oppress, subject, subjugate), переборювати (bear, overpass, surmount, swallow down, tide over, wear down). (various references)

Welsh

darostwng (abase, humble, humiliate, lower, subject). (various references)

sig. (various references)

confecta, confectaeque, confectum, confectus, confici, conficiat, conficiente, conficiet, conpresserit, conpresserunt, conprimaris, conprimebant, conprimentem, conprimerent, conprimit, conprimunt, debellabat, debellabo, debellabunt, debellare, debellarent, debellaret, debellate, debellator, debellavit, debellemus, devicerunt, devicit, domantur, domare, domat, domate, domatis, domita, domito, domo, domui, expugno, fractae, fracti, fractione, fractionis, fractis, fracto, fractum, fractura, fracturam, fractus, frange, frangebat, frangendum, frangensque, frangent, frangentes, frangerentur, frangeret, franges, frangetur, frangimus, frangit, fregerunt, fregi, fregisset, fregit, mansuetabatur, mortificabis, mortificamur, mortificare, mortificat, mortificate, mortificati, mortificationem, mortificatis, mortificatus, pacata, pacatae, pacatum, pacem, pacemque, subducere, subiungo, subiunxit, subjugare. (various references)

souduire. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "subdue": subdued, subduedly, subduer, subduers, subdues. (additional references)

Words containing "subdue": unsubdued. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Subdue" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sidue, subdie, subdle, subdude, subsue, sudbue. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: bused.

-2 letters: beds, bedu, buds, debs, dubs, dues, sued, used.

-3 letters: bed, bud, bus, deb, dub, due, eds, sub, sue, use.

-4 letters: be, de, ed, es, us.

+1 letter: subduce, subdued, subduer, subdues.

+2 letters: subduced, subduces, subduers, subsumed, suburbed, unabused, unbusted.

+3 letters: doublures, subducted, subduedly, succumbed, sunburned, unbemused, unbruised, unbrushed, unbundles, unburdens, underbuds, underbuys, undoubles, unsubdued.

+4 letters: burgundies, burlesqued, fussbudget, housebound, outblushed, subaudible, subjugated, underbrush, undershrub.

+5 letters: blunderbuss, cumberbunds, cummerbunds, dubiousness, fussbudgets, fussbudgety, musclebound, outrebounds, subcultured, substituted, superabound, undershrubs, undisturbed, unpublished.