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. House Speaker Paul Ryan:

   I think all of the anxiety is coming to a crescendo in this country. You have to understand -- we're the body of government closest to the people. We're up every other year and there's just a lot of anxiety that's out there.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Wright State President David Hopkins:

   This is a very difficult decision, but there has been a growing crescendo of concern about what it would take to guarantee the safety and security of the campus and the community. The expense would be daunting.

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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