mizzle
Light misty rain
Mizzle is a light, misty rain—finer than drizzle, barely more than fog.
The word is dialectal British, used mainly in northern England and Scotland: We walked through the mizzle on the moors.
As a verb, to mizzle is to rain in this fine, penetrating way.
A separate, now rare verb mizzle means to decamp or vanish suddenly.
Light scattering of particles
- light rainMild falling moisture
- spitExpelled mouth moisture
- showersLight, passing rainfalls
- patterQuick rehearsed speech
droplets · dampening · precipitation · wetness · raindrops · spray · dribble · spatter
Depart abruptly, often secretly
- skedaddleDepart hastily, often fearfully
- scarperFlee hastily
- abscondFlee to avoid capture
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
vanish · disappear · slip away · sneak off · make off · run off · escape · depart
sprinkle
Light scattering of particles
- light rainMild falling moisture
- spitExpelled mouth moisture
- showersLight, passing rainfalls
patter · droplets · dampening · precipitation · wetness · raindrops · spray · dribble · spatter · moisture
decamp
Depart abruptly, often secretly
bolt · vanish · disappear · slip away · sneak off · make off · run off · escape · depart · leave
haze
Murky atmospheric suspension
haziness · fogginess · brume · gauze · veil · obscurity · dimness · grayness · cloudiness · murkiness
gloomy
Dark and dispiriting
overcast · dismal · murky · bleak · dim · drear · somber · dank · clammy · melancholy
- light rainsprinkle, sprinkling, scattered showers, shower
- Northern Slangaye, nowt, summat, lass, luv