1. (music) a gradual decrease in loudness
   "The orchestra executed a perfect decrescendo at the end of the movement";
   - diminuendo

1. (music) gradually decreasing in volume
   "The symphony ended with a long decrescendo passage";
   - diminuendo

1. Grow quieter
   "The music decrescendoed as the piece came to an end"

Derived forms: decrescendos, decrescendoing, decrescendoed

See also: decreasing

Type of: come down, decrease, dent, diminish, fall, go down, lessen, sink, softness

Antonym: crescendo

Encyclopedia: Decrescendo