Antonyms for crescendo
krɪˈʃɛn doʊ, -ˈsɛn doʊcrescen·do

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1. crescendonoun

   The climax of a gradual increase.

   Their arguing rose to a fearsome crescendo.

   Antonyms:
   conclusion, climax

2. crescendonoun

   Antonyms:
   diminuendo, decrescendo

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1. crescendoadjective

   (music) a gradual increase in loudness

   Antonyms:
   decreasing, decrescendo

2. crescendoverb

   gradually increasing in volume

   Antonyms:
   decreasing, decrescendo

3. crescendoverb

   grow louder

   "The music crescendoes here"

   Antonyms:
   decreasing, decrescendo

How to use crescendo in a sentence?

1. Prosecutor Creighton Waters:

   The pressures on this man were unbearable and they were reaching a crescendo the day his wife and son were murdered by him.

2. Art Hogan:

   A crescendo of bad news can move an economy driven by the consumer, is this something that causes people to put off buying that sweater, fridge or car ?

3. Bruce Beemer:

   We can say we have the authority and move forward, but that doesn’t stop people from trying to test us, none of us like to think where the crescendo will be.

4. Jason Shoup:

   The ECB doesn't start buying bonds until March so we expect RFPs from European pension funds to crescendo when that occurs. There seems to be some that are already trying to get ahead of The ECB.

5. Robert Muggah:

   Then we had the Rocinha effect, pushback against the program began in 2013 and reached a crescendo with the killing of Amarildo.

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