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Axtremus
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posted 23 March 2019 09:03 PM
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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posted 23 March 2019 09:05 PMHide Post
Negative connotation or positive? Focus on the heaviness aspect or more on the size?


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posted 23 March 2019 09:07 PMHide Post
I suggest choosing the noun first.
 
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posted 23 March 2019 09:10 PMHide Post
noun, like juggernaut.
 
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posted 23 March 2019 10:04 PMHide Post
Would "relentless" work for you?


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posted 23 March 2019 11:22 PMHide Post
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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posted 23 March 2019 11:23 PMHide Post
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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posted 24 March 2019 01:58 PMHide Post
Inexorable?
 
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posted 24 March 2019 02:02 PMHide Post
Locomotive?


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


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posted 24 March 2019 03:29 PMHide Post
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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posted 24 March 2019 04:49 PMHide Post
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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posted 24 March 2019 09:15 PMHide Post
Gronkowski


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posted 24 March 2019 11:03 PMHide Post
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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posted 24 March 2019 11:34 PMHide Post
A Few:

momentous
invincible
dauntless
overwhelming

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


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