pour down
Fall in torrents
Pour down describes rain falling heavily and steadily: It's been pouring down all afternoon.
The phrase emphasizes volume and intensity—not a drizzle but a drenching rain.
Sometimes used with a subject: Rain poured down on the stadium.
Can also describe other liquids falling in quantity: Sweat poured down his face.
Flowing in violent streams
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
precipitation · rainfall · pelting · cats and dogs · sheets · buckets · gushing · spate
Thoroughly wet throughout
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
- soppingThoroughly wet through
- wet throughSaturated entirely by liquid
- drippingRendered cooking fat
waterlogged · sodden · drenched · soaking · doused · dampened · soak · awash
Storm's acoustic aftermath
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- galeSevere sustained wind
hurricane · typhoon · cyclone · tornado · blizzard · windstorm · gusts · nimbus
Annual heavy rainfall period
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
- wet seasonProlonged rainy period
- Southeast AsiaTropical peninsula and islands
- IndiaSouth Asian republic
humidity · floods · paddy fields · waterlogged · thunderstorm · cyclone · climate · seasonal
torrential
Flowing in violent streams
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- torrentViolent rushing flow
cascade · precipitation · rainfall · pelting · cats and dogs · sheets · buckets · gushing · spate · waterspout
soaked
Thoroughly wet throughout
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
- soppingThoroughly wet through
- wet throughSaturated entirely by liquid
dripping · waterlogged · sodden · drenched · soaking · doused · dampened · soak · awash · splattered
thunder
Storm's acoustic aftermath
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
gale · hurricane · typhoon · cyclone · tornado · blizzard · windstorm · gusts · nimbus · cumulonimbus
monsoon season
Annual heavy rainfall period
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
- wet seasonProlonged rainy period
- Southeast AsiaTropical peninsula and islands
India · humidity · floods · paddy fields · waterlogged · thunderstorm · cyclone · climate · seasonal · rice cultivation