Definition (noun) (music) a gradual increase in loudness
Definition (verb) grow louder
Example Sentence
The music crescendoes here
Definition (adj) gradually increasing in volume
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for crescendo
divide it like cresc(sound like krish)+end..at the end of krish movie..when hrithik kills the villian..the intensity or the volume of music increses .which conveys the feeling.
crescent is moon...moon increases in size phase by phase..therefore crescendo is to increase in volume
CRESCENDO - CR + ESCENDO (ASCEND) - ascend means a gradual rising...here it refers to an increase in volume.
do u know the organisation red crescent? the shape of curved moon in red crescent's symbol? so this moon's shape will be full in days step by step. And crescendo means gradual increase in the intensity
The crescent moon fills in more and more reaching a crescendo of being full.
another mnemonic:the climax or end of the krish movie is very good.
crescendo,sounds like"creep shadow", lets imagine, a shadow of a creepy person, saw it self in the mirror and started gradually screaming! " basically because he was scared from his own reflection"
-creep shadow crescendo.
culpable
Definition (adj) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
cupidity:look for CUPID HERE..cupid is the god of love. so cupidity means having an desire or greed for wealth. cupid-wealth-cupidity...greed for wealth.
CUP+IDLI+TEA....a person who wants cup full of wine,IDLI to eat and TEA is too GREEDY.............................
imagine a Cupid who makes up the matches earning a lot of money by doing so...
Cupidity is stupidity...
cupidity = cup + hidi hidi means catch.. so greed
Salman Khan Movie Partner or Will Smith starrer Hitch
They both, were "Cupid" earning money of it..
CUP(Prize) KA GREEDY
My cup runneth over with desire for wealth.
cupidity = cup + i + dity; have to give him more cups of sugar i.e he is greedy for wealth.
so what we thought about cupid as god or angel of Love, it turns out he was just a hoax fraud, he is really just greedy about money and wealth, his eyes are on money and no love
curmudgeon
Definition (noun) a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for curmudgeon
Cur-mud-geon
Car mud main gone... to driver went bad tempered... i.e. curmudgeon..
(sir+mut+jiyo) means sir u have already become OLD so now ab mat jiyo.....
like karamjali(old cantankerous lady)
think of a thick layer of mud on car... nothing affect it..stubborn
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