torrential
Like a deluge
Torrential describes rain or water that falls in overwhelming quantities, as from a torrent—a violent, rushing stream.
A torrential downpour doesn't just rain; it pours with such force that visibility drops and streets flood within minutes.
The word extends to anything that comes in an overwhelming rush: a torrential outpouring of grief, torrential abuse on social media.
Intense precipitation event
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
rainstorm · thunderstorm · showers · squall · gullywasher · rainband · raindrops · nimbus
Continuing without pause
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- fierceViolently intense or aggressive
- violentInvolving physical force
- ragingViolently uncontrolled
severe · extreme · powerful · ferocious · turbulent · forceful · vehement · pounding
Overflow from swollen waterways
- flashfloodSudden, violent water overflow
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
- surgeSudden powerful increase
watershed · evacuation · disaster · devastation · displacement · sandbags · relief · mudslide
downpour
Intense precipitation event
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
precipitation · rainstorm · thunderstorm · showers · squall · gullywasher · rainband · raindrops · nimbus · cumulonimbus
relentless
Continuing without pause
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- fierceViolently intense or aggressive
- violentInvolving physical force
raging · severe · extreme · powerful · ferocious · turbulent · forceful · vehement · pounding · driving
floodwaters
Overflow from swollen waterways
- flashfloodSudden, violent water overflow
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
surge · watershed · evacuation · disaster · devastation · displacement · sandbags · relief · mudslide · landslide
overwhelming
Intensely excessive in force
soaked · saturated · besieged · overrun · brimming · overflowing · deluged · flooded · immersed · barraged
cascade
Successive downward flow
- gushFlow out forcefully
- outpouringCopious, spontaneous release
- streamSteady continuous flow
current · surge · spate · rush · jet · discharge · effusion · outflow · waterfall · spill
torrentiallight
Visible electromagnetic radiation
drizzling · gentle · sprinkling · scattered · intermittent
- torrential downpour
- torrential rainExtremely heavy precipitation