unmuffle

[ uhn-muhf-uhl ]

verb (used with object)

, un·muf·fled, un·muf·fling.

1. to strip of or free from something that muffles.

verb (used without object)

, un·muf·fled, un·muf·fling.

1. to throw off something that muffles.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unmuffle¹

First recorded in 1605–15; un- ² + muffle ¹

Example Sentences

In one regional office of the outsourcing company Tech Mahindra, an employee said agents removed face masks and shields — a requirement in the Philippines — to breathe or unmuffle themselves on long calls.

From Washington Post

Unmuffle, un-muf′l, v.t. to take a muffle or covering from.—v.i. to throw off concealments.

From Project Gutenberg

Loft addressed me in a muffled voice; his demeanor might always be relied on for perfection—he would not once unmuffle his voice till his master was buried.

From Project Gutenberg

But we must unmuffle the clapper first.

From Project Gutenberg

Unmuffle, ye faint stars; and thou, fair moon, That wont’st to love the traveller’s benison, Stoop thy pale visage through an amber cloud, And disinherit Chaos, that reigns here In double night of darkness and of shades; 335 Or, if your influence be quite dammed up With black usurping mists, some gentle taper, Though a rush-candle from the wicker hole Of some clay habitation, visit us With thy long levelled rule of streaming light, 340 And thou shalt be our star of Arcady, Or Tyrian Cynosure.

From Project Gutenberg