crescendos

Meaning of crescendos

noun
  1. An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.
  2. A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
    Their fighting rose in a fearsome crescendo.
  3. The climax of a gradual increase.
    Their arguing rose to a fearsome crescendo.

Information about crescendos

Hyphenation of crescendos

crescen-dos

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • crescendos is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

crescendos antonyms

Meaning :

decrescendo, diminuendo, climax, conclusion

Words that rhyme with crescendos

Chandos, accelerandos, bandos, barandos, commandos, forzandos, glissandos, rallentandos, ritardandos, scherzandos, sforzandos, smorzandos, tremolandos, virandos, whiskerandos, Nintendos, decrescendos, diminuendos, innuendos, inquirendos, kendos, reddendos, stringendos, zendos, indos, condos, mondos, rondos, tondos

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