pelting rain
Rain that stings
Pelting rain falls hard and fast, striking surfaces with force.
The image is of being struck repeatedly by raindrops: We ran for cover from the pelting rain.
Rain that pelts stings the skin and drums loudly on roofs and windows.
- downpourIntense precipitation event
- torrentialFlowing in violent streams
- pouring downRaining very heavily
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- cats and dogsIdiom for torrential precipitation
bucket down · drenching · soaking · wet through · storm · thunder · storm clouds · puddles · splashing · drumming · pounding · sheets · cloudburst · monsoon · weather forecast · flooding · gutters · umbrella
- weather soundsthunder, wind, hail, storm, thunderclap
- downpourdeluge, cloudburst, torrent, rainstorm, bucketing
- downpoursdownpour, cloudburst, deluge, torrential, pouring
precipitation intensity
pelting raindrizzle
Very light precipitation
light rain · mist · sprinkle · Scotch mist · sprinkling
weather conditions
pelting rainclear skies
Absence of cloud cover
sunshine · fair weather · drought · sunny skies · bone-dry
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