mizzle 1 of 2

as in rainfall
a light or fine rain as I wandered around the city, the late afternoon mizzle seemed the perfect accompaniment to my melancholy mood

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mizzle

2 of 2

verb

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Noun
  • Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said rainfall in these regions increased by 300% compared to conditions before the arrival of the tropical wave.
    Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
  • There’s a 60% chance for precipitation across the region with some slow-moving storms capable of winds up to 50 mph, lightning strikes and some flooding from heavy rainfall that could drop 1-3 inches.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • As the group began running to escape the bees, Karen Pierce estimated she was stung between 15 and 20 times, and Jeremy Pierce had been stung dozens of times.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 9 July 2025
  • When Huang was nine-years-old, his parents sent him and his older brother to the U.S. to escape widespread social unrest in Thailand.
    Matt Durot, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Whenever the surface of the soil feels dry on top, mist or bottom water.
    Heather Bien, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
  • Located just 15 minutes north of Olympic National Park, the resort’s tents are nestled in secluded groves overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca, where guests fall asleep to the rhythm of the Pacific and wake to sunlight filtering through towering conifers and coastal mist.
    Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Verb
  • No studio would finance the feature, about a whorehouse exhibitionist who lams it after being framed for murder — so director Melvin Van Peebles financed it himself with a boost from Bill Cosby, who gave him a $50,000 loan.
    Andrew Lawrence, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
  • One of those classic films that’s as good as its reputation (and maybe even better), Billy Wilder’s high-spirited comedy stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as jazz musicians who have to lam it after witnessing a mob crime.
    Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2023
Noun
  • New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts are possible in thunderstorms.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 11 July 2025
  • The mesoscale conductive vortex essentially spun the remnants of a tropical system, causing significant ascent or rising motion to activate that moisture into condensation and precipitation in an efficient manner, according to Shepherd.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Add a chocolate drizzle, crunchy pecans, or even toasted coconut.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
  • Vanilla Cookies & Kreme Liberty Crunch Doughnut: An unglazed shell doughnut filled with vanilla cookies & Kreme filling, dipped in white icing and topped with vanilla cookies, patriotic sprinkles and white icing drizzle.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, the show that is replacing The Late Late Show now that James Corden has scarpered off to old Blighty.
    Vulture, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Idrissa Gueye has scarpered, but that void was instantly filled by Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin - while Moise Kean, goodness knows how, has signed from Juventus to sharpen things up front.
    SI.com, SI.com, 5 Aug. 2019
Verb
  • Since October, Newsom has advocated for expanding the available amount of money from $330 million to $750 million as Hollywood has hemorrhaged jobs due to the pandemic, strikes by writers and actors, and sets being decamped to economically-friendlier states like Georgia.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
  • And then there was the schadenfreude of those who had already decamped to greener pastures.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 30 June 2025
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“Mizzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mizzle. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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