rainy Hear it!

rainy Definition

rainy ()

adjective raini·er, raini·est

  1. characterized by rain, esp. much rain the rainy season
  2. wet with rain
  3. bringing rain rainy winds

rainy Related Forms
raini·ness noun
rainy Synonyms

rainy

modif.

moist, wet, coastal, drizzly; see stormy 1, wet 2.

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

  1. rainwear
  2. rainwater
  3. rainstorm
  4. rainsquall
  5. rainspout
  6. rainproof
  7. rainout
  8. rainmaker
  9. Rainier
  10. rainfall
  1. rainy day
  2. Raipur
  3. raise
  4. raise Cain
  5. raise hell
  6. raised
  7. raised check
  8. raisin
  9. raison d'état
  10. raison d'être