raining
- pouring.
- storming.
- flooding.
- precipitating.
- showering.
- spitting.
- drowning.
- raining cats and dogs.
What’s another way to say it’s raining?
1. Tipping down!- This is really another way of saying it’s raining heavily. 2.
How do you say it’s raining differently?
rain
- rainfall.
- storm.
- downpour.
- wet.
- rainstorm.
- thunderstorm.
- precipitation.
- weather.
How do you say it’s raining slang?
- It’s raining cats and dogs. This term is used to describe heavy rain.
- Gully-washer. This term is used to describe a brief, heavy rainstorm.
- It’s raining pitchforks. The origins of this phrase aren’t known, but it’s also used to describe heavy rainfall.
- It’s bucketing down.
- The Devil is bowling.
- Frog-strangler.
- Goose-drowner.
What are 10 words that describe a rainy day?
- damp.
- moist.
- stormy.
- wet.
- hyetal.
- pluvial.
- pluvious.
- showery.
What is a nickname for rain?
Nicknames for the name Rain:
Ray.
What do British people say when it’s raining?
Mizzle, drizzle, dreich and dibble are just some of the many ways we describe rain.
What can I say instead of heavy rain?
synonyms for heavy rainfall
- deluge.
- torrent.
- freshet.
- wall of water.
- waterflood.
How do you say wet in the rain?
drenched Definitions and Synonyms
We got completely drenched by the rain.
How do you say heavy rain?
You might have heard people say ‘it’s raining cats and dogs’. They don’t actually mean that animals are falling from the sky! All it means is that it’s raining really heavily. And when you say ‘it’s pelting down‘ or ‘it’s bucketing down’, they all mean that it’s raining very, very heavily.
How would you describe a wet day?
The sky was tar-black and the large clouds were moving towards me. I heard a tapping on the window and then it became a pitter-patter. People ran for cover outside and umbrellas were opened as the clouds spat out their beads of water. Puddles began plinking as the rainfall became heavier.
What are 5 adjectives that describe rain?
Synonyms
- rainyadjective. a rainy day is one on which it rains a lot.
- showeryadjective. with frequent short periods of rain.
- drizzlyadjective. with very light rain falling.
- wetadjective. if the weather is wet, it is raining.
- unsettledadjective.
- hardadverb.
- dreichadjective.
- in all weather(s)phrase.
How do you describe a lot of rain?
2. Stormy: a word that describes something with a lot of rain and strong wind.
What does rain mean in slang?
To make it rain, then, has come to mean popularly “to earn lots of money” or “to make something very successful.”
What is rainy weather called?
In areas where the heavy rainfall is associated with a wind shift, the wet season is known as the monsoon season. Many tropical and subtropical climates experience monsoon rainfall patterns.
Why do UK say bloody?
Bloody. Don’t worry, it’s not a violent word… it has nothing to do with “blood”.”Bloody” is a common word to give more emphasis to the sentence, mostly used as an exclamation of surprise. Something may be “bloody marvellous” or “bloody awful“. Having said that, British people do sometimes use it when expressing anger…
How do you say rain in Scottish?
Yillen (a shower of rain, especially with wind), uplowsin (heaving rain), smirr (a fine rain drizzle), and goselet (a soaking, drenching, downpour).
What is a fast rain called?
cloudburst, a sudden, very heavy rainfall, usually local in nature and of brief duration. Most so-called cloudbursts occur in connection with thunderstorms.
How do you describe rain?
Words used to describe rain or snow – thesaurus
- driving snow/rain. phrase. snow or rain that falls very fast.
- gentle. adjective. gentle wind or rain is not strong or unpleasant.
- in buckets. phrase. if it rains in buckets, it rains very hard.
- misty. adjective.
- snowbound. adjective.
- snowy. adjective.
- snowy. adjective.
- soft. adjective.
What rain smells like creative writing?
Petrichor, the smell of parched earth after rain, is immersive, roomy enough to move around in. Its bright mineral tang is edged with vegetal green. There’s a hint of sourness, haloed by fresh water droplets. Petrichor lifts the ground, with all its smells, closer to the nose.
How do you write a rainy day?
On rainy days, my friends and I prepare paper boats and make them float in the water. I love the smell of earth when it rains after a sunny day. Rain makes the weather so pleasant, refreshing and cool. I like getting wet in rains.