feutré

Meaning

hushed, muffled, discreet

Example

The bargaining took place in the hushed atmosphere of the ministry's drawing rooms.

Word forms

More words at level C1

• foisonnement profusion, abundance, proliferation
• fortuit fortuitous, chance, accidental
• funeste disastrous, fatal, baleful
• fustiger to lambast, to castigate, to slam
• grever to weigh on, to burden financially
• hermétique impenetrable, hermetic, airtight
• idoine fitting, apt, suitable
• immuable immutable, unchanging, fixed

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