rainy
rainy
Definition
rainy (rā′nē)
adjective rain′i·er, rain′i·est
- characterized by rain, esp. much rain the rainy season
- wet with rain
- bringing rain rainy winds
rain′i·ness noun
rainy
Synonyms
rainy
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- season: The rainy season over most of Pakistan is from late June to early October.
- afternoon: Good thing to do on a gray, rainy afternoon!
- weather: In rainy weather we suffer by water in the pit.
- days.: March had five rainy days. April had three, yielding seven hours of rain.
- day: Why let a rainy day get in the way of exercise?
- night: A perfect book to curl up with on a rainy winter night.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: Climate Very mild, rather rainy, well ventilated.
- very: I have been here about 5 times and usually London is very rainy but the Sun has been out every single day.
- so: Dora and I were contemplating walking into Barnsley directly after lunch, but it was so rainy and stormy we had to stay in.
- even: Even rainy days are packed with fun in the biggest indoor playcentres in the UK.
- relatively: A larger tank in a relatively rainy area could meet the needs of WC flushing, washing-machine and other uses?
- sometimes: I made her a covered bed lined with sheepskins but still felt sorry for her being out in the cold and sometimes rainy nights.
Used with adjective complement
- turn: We slowly go out of the venue, to discover the weather has turned rainy.
Browse dictionary entries near rainy
- rainwear
- rainwater
- rainstorm
- rainsquall
- rainspout
- rainproof
- rainout
- rainmaker
- Rainier
- rainfall
- rainy day
- Raipur
- raise
- raise Cain
- raise hell
- raised
- raised check
- raisin
- raison d'état
- raison d'être
