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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as in to escape
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mizzle
Noun
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Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 June 2025 -
Record rainfall earlier this spring has lifted Oklahoma fully out of drought conditions for the first time in nearly six years.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
Verb
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While restaurants, meatpackers and countless other businesses now risk having workers targeted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, tech employers have largely escaped Trump administration scrutiny for their use of foreign labor.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
3 June 2025
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But the Hurricanes escaped further trouble when Joey Urban — with runners on the corners — bounced into an inning-ending double play.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
Noun
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The non-aerosol mist gives skin a radiant sheen while shielding it with broad-spectrum SPF 50.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
26 May 2025
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Full sun Soil Type: Medium, well-draining, average Soil pH: Adaptable (6.0-8.0) USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 9 Often called blue mist for their airy clouds of late summer blooms, bluebeard is a deciduous perennial that behaves like a shrub in warmer reaches of its range.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
25 May 2025
Verb
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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
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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
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The Lower Mississippi Valley and Tennessee Valley are also drought-free with 30 to 90-day precipitation averaging above normal.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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March’s abnormally warm weather and lack of precipitation was largely the cause for the spring spike, Meyer said.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
3 June 2025
Noun
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For an elevated dessert, drizzle over vanilla ice cream and top with cut or macerated strawberries or peaches.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
11 May 2025
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Southern California’s surprise May heat wave is set to break Saturday evening, with cooler temperatures expected on Mother’s Day and fog and even drizzle arriving early next week, according to the National Weather Service.—
Jenny Gold,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2025
Verb
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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
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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
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O’Donnell, who has traded public jibes with Trump for almost two decades, decamped to Ireland in January with her non-binary child, and is seeking citizenship based on her ancestry.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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After becoming fascinated with the criminal couple’s Depression-era story, Benton and Newman decamped to the heartland to interview people who knew them and get a sense of what the film might be.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
13 May 2025
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“Mizzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mizzle. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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