poured down
Came down hard
Poured down describes rain falling heavily and steadily, as if being emptied from a container above.
It poured down all afternoon, flooding the streets.
The phrase emphasizes intensity—not a drizzle or light shower, but a drenching downpour.
It can also describe other things falling or flowing abundantly from above: sunlight pouring down through a skylight, or confetti pouring down on a parade.
Sudden heavy localized rainfall
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
- rainstormHeavy precipitation event
- thunderstormViolent weather with lightning
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
deluge · showers · squall · tempest · drizzle · gullywasher · pelting · driving rain
Overwhelming surge of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- flash floodRapid overflow from storms
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
- torrentViolent rushing flow
floodwaters · surge · rising waters · swamped · engulfed · waterfall · cataract · flume
cloudburst
Sudden heavy localized rainfall
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
- rainstormHeavy precipitation event
- thunderstormViolent weather with lightning
precipitation · deluge · showers · squall · tempest · drizzle · gullywasher · pelting · driving rain · lashing
inundation
Overwhelming surge of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- flash floodRapid overflow from storms
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
torrent · floodwaters · surge · rising waters · swamped · engulfed · waterfall · cataract · flume · outpouring
soaked
Thoroughly wet throughout
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
- soddenSaturated with liquid
- waterloggedSaturated with liquid
drenched · sopping · dripping · wet through · doused · soggy · dampened · splashed · spattered · soaking wet
streaming
Real-time digital delivery
spilling · splashing · sloshing · running · trickling · dripping · sluicing · coursing · showering · emptying