driving rain
Wind-whipped heavy rainfall
Driving rain is rain propelled forcefully by wind, falling at a steep angle rather than straight down.
It penetrates clothing, finds gaps in windows, and makes umbrellas nearly useless: We got soaked in the driving rain despite our rain gear.
The phrase emphasizes rain's intensity and the wind pushing it.
- peltingStriking repeatedly with projectiles
- cats and dogsIdiom for torrential precipitation
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- storm cloudsRain-bearing atmospheric formations
- delugeSevere overflow of water
downpour · soaked · soaking wet · torrential · drenching · wind · squall · wind chill · cloudburst · sideways · slanting · bucketing · batter · lash · horizontal · sheet · gusts · puddles
- raindrizzling, downpour, raindrop, raindrops, droplets
- bad weatherstorm, thunderstorm, hurricane, blizzard, gale
- weather soundsthunder, wind, hail, storm, thunderclap
- downpourdeluge, cloudburst, torrent, rainstorm, bucketing
- downpoursdownpour, cloudburst, deluge, torrential, pouring
- stormsstorm, thunderstorm, hurricane, tornado, typhoon
weather conditions
driving rainclear skies
Absence of cloud cover
sunshine · fair weather · gentle breeze · drought · dry spell
drive, rain, driven, driver, driving, drives, drivers, overdrive, undriven