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Looking for an adjective ...

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23 March 2019, 09:03 PM
Axtremus
Looking for an adjective ...
Need an adjective to describe something with lots of heft, carry lots of momentum, and moving with determination, with an air of inevitability.

Imagine an aircraft carrier or the world's biggest ocean liner going full speed ... not necessarily fast (e.g., not like a fighter jet or race car), but it's big and bulky and nothing is going to stop it. I'm looking for a word to describe something like that.

Any suggestion?


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23 March 2019, 09:05 PM
ShiroKuro
Negative connotation or positive? Focus on the heaviness aspect or more on the size?


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23 March 2019, 09:07 PM
Daniel
I suggest choosing the noun first.
23 March 2019, 09:10 PM
Piano*Dad
noun, like juggernaut.
23 March 2019, 10:04 PM
Bernard
Would "relentless" work for you?


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23 March 2019, 11:22 PM
Axtremus
quote:
Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
Negative connotation or positive? Focus on the heaviness aspect or more on the size?
Positive or neutral, not sure if I've ready to favor weight or size ... just want to convey some sense of it being massive, but also something that's moving, hence "lots of momentum" as described in the opening post.


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23 March 2019, 11:23 PM
Axtremus
quote:
Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
noun, like juggernaut.
That got me thinking in a direction that I haven't before. Smiler

To every one who chimed in so far, thank you all for providing advice and suggestions. I appreciate it.


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24 March 2019, 01:58 PM
Nina
Inexorable?
24 March 2019, 02:02 PM
Steve Miller
Locomotive?


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24 March 2019, 03:20 PM
RealPlayer
I bet they have a word for this in German, since they combine words to get just the right meaning.


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24 March 2019, 03:29 PM
ShiroKuro
What is it you're wanting to describe? It's awfully hard to come up with a descriptor without the descriptee!


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24 March 2019, 04:49 PM
Bernard
quote:
Originally posted by RealPlayer:
I bet they have a word for this in German, since they combine words to get just the right meaning.


momentudeterminevitabilimassive!


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24 March 2019, 09:15 PM
CHAS
Gronkowski


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24 March 2019, 11:03 PM
Axtremus
quote:
Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
What is it you're wanting to describe? It's awfully hard to come up with a descriptor without the descriptee!
Apologies ... it's for a piece of music (that's not ready for publication yet). Was hoping to find a word that's a bit more descriptive than the usual Italian terms like "adagio" or "moderato."


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24 March 2019, 11:34 PM
Amanda
A Few:

momentous
invincible
dauntless
overwhelming

(However, I think musical terms such as you mentioned are technically adverbs.)


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