furioso

With violent intensity

Furioso is a musical direction meaning to play with wild, fierce energy—more intense than simply loud or fast.

The term comes from Italian and appears in classical scores to indicate passages of frenzied passion or rage: The finale builds to a furioso climax.

Outside music, furioso occasionally describes any wild, unrestrained outburst.

music

appassionato

With intense feeling

allegro · crescendo · staccato · tutti · bravura · con brio · marcato · accelerando

frenzy

rampage

Violent, destructive outburst

  • maniaIntense, consuming obsession
  • hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
  • chaosComplete disorder and confusion

bedlam · turmoil · delirium · tumult · uproar · pandemonium · mayhem · riot · outburst · whirlwind

passion

ardor

Intense emotional warmth

zeal · vehemence · fiery · impassioned · burning · consuming · overwhelming · rapture · ecstasy · obsession

anger

irate

Extremely angry

  • enragedExtremely, intensely provoked
  • lividExtremely angry or discolored
  • fumingExtremely angry, visibly so

seething · incensed · wrathful · outraged · indignant · boiling · heated · explosive · vehement · fierce

storm

tempest

Violent windstorm or turmoil

  • cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
  • galeSevere sustained wind
  • tornadoViolent rotating windstorm

hurricane · typhoon · squall · thunderstorm · monsoon · blizzard · maelstrom · deluge · raging · howling

Opposites
musical tempo and intensity

furiosolento

Slow tempo marking

adagio · largo · grave · larghetto · andante

emotional character in music

furiosodolce

Soft, melodious instruction

tranquillo · cantabile · amoroso · pastorale

dynamic intensity

furiosopiano

Keyed percussion instrument

pianissimo · dolce · sotto voce · morendo

Phrases
Family

furious, furiously, furiousness

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