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Diminuendo   Listen
Diminuendo

noun
1.
(music) a gradual decrease in loudness.  Synonym: decrescendo.






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... harmonious &c 413; Wagnerian. Adv. adagio; largo, larghetto, andante, andantino^; alla capella [It]; maestoso^, moderato; allegro, allegretto; spiritoso^, vivace^, veloce^; presto, prestissimo^; con brio; capriccioso^; scherzo, scherzando^; legato, staccato, crescendo, diminuendo, rallentando^, affettuoso^; obbligato; pizzicato; desto^. Phr. in notes by distance made more sweet [Collins]; like the faint exquisite music of a dream [Moore]; music arose with its voluptuous swell [Byron]; music is the universal language of mankind [Longfellow]; music's ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



Words linked to "Diminuendo" :   music, decrescendo, softness, decreasing



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