Fortissimo: alternatives and connections

Any one trained to contend in exercises requiring great physical agility and strength; one who has great activity and strength; a cham…

The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle.

Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness.

A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in crowing.

Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulen…

Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar.

To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.

To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.

A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expres…

To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to we…

At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.

In an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree; to the utmost point; exceedingly; as, extremely hot or cold.

Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising…

Utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle or party.

equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.)

To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil.

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk,…

Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wan…