decrescendos
Gradual volume reductions
Decrescendos is the plural of decrescendo, a musical term for a gradual decrease in volume.
The word comes from Italian and functions as both noun and verb: The symphony builds to a climax, then decrescendos into silence.
Figuratively, anything that diminishes gradually may decrescendo: The applause decrescendos as the lights come up.
Gradually decreasing in intensity
- subsidingDecreasing in intensity
- ebbingGradually declining or receding
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
cooling · lessening · tapering · decline · intensity · passion · anger · tension
Gradual decrease in loudness
- fadeLose intensity gradually
- softenMake less firm
- quietingMaking something still
- dynamicsStudy of forces
pianissimo · tapering · volume · notation · conductor · orchestra · symphony · passage
Decrease or refuse
- downturnEconomic decline period
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- slowdownReduction in pace
- ebbGradual retreat seaward
twilight · sunset · finale · conclusion · ending · resolution · denouement · anticlimax
waning
Gradually decreasing in intensity
- subsidingDecreasing in intensity
- ebbingGradually declining or receding
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
diminishing · cooling · lessening · tapering · decline · intensity · passion · anger · tension · release
diminuendo
Gradual decrease in loudness
dynamics · pianissimo · tapering · volume · notation · conductor · orchestra · symphony · passage · phrase
decline
Decrease or refuse
ebb · twilight · sunset · finale · conclusion · ending · resolution · denouement · anticlimax · petering
decrescendoscrescendos
Gradual rises in loudness
swells · builds · amplifies · intensifies · rises