Fortissimo

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fortissimo \For*tis"si*mo\ (? or ?), adv. [It., superl. of
     forte, adv. See {Forte}, adv.] (Mus.)
     Very loud; with the utmost strength or loudness.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  fortissimo
       adj : chiefly a direction or description in music
       n : (music) with great loudness [syn: {forte}]
       adv : a direction in music; to be played very loudly [syn: {very
             loudly}] [ant: {pianissimo}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  87 Moby Thesaurus words for "fortissimo":
     a cappella, abbandono, accrescendo, adagietto, adagio, affettuoso,
     agilmente, agitato, allegretto, allegro, aloud, amabile, amoroso,
     andante, andantino, appassionatamente, appassionato, booming,
     brillante, capriccioso, con affetto, con agilita, con agitazione,
     con amore, crescendo, deafening, decrescendo, diminuendo, dolce,
     ear-piercing, ear-rending, ear-splitting, earthshaking, forte,
     fortemente, full, in full cry, lamentabile, larghetto, larghissimo,
     largo, legato, leggiero, loud, loud-sounding, loudish, loudly,
     lustily, marcando, morendo, noisily, parlando, pealing, pianissimo,
     piano, piercing, pizzicato, plangent, prestissimo, presto,
     rallentando, resounding, resoundingly, ringing, ringingly,
     ritardando, ritenuto, scherzando, scherzo, scherzoso, sonorous,
     sordo, sotto voce, spiccato, staccato, stentoraphonic, stentorian,
     stentorious, stretto, thunderous, tonitruant, tonitruous,
     tremolando, tremoloso, trillando, uproariously, window-rattling