MIZZLE Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of mizzle

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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verb

as in to escape

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Noun

Bathrooms, complete with rainfall showers, are lined with Bellino Turkish cotton bath towels and Salt and Stone products; beds are made up in Cuddledown linens; and Whirlpool washers and dryers are in every unit.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 July 2026
Thursday afternoon’s thunderstorms could pack rainfall rates up to 2 inches per hour — an intensity that can quickly overwhelm drainage systems and flood urban areas.

— Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

Definition of rainfall

Noun

Keep the cuttings in a shady site and mist several times a day to have plants ready for containers or other flower beds in about a month.

— Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026
The lighting is somewhere between fantasy and noir, all moody shadows and otherworldly mists, precise and in no way naturalistic.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 July 2026

Definition of mist

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

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Heat domes are sprawling areas of strong high pressure that act like a lid on the atmosphere, trapping heat underneath and squelching clouds and precipitation with their sinking air, resulting in thousands of excess deaths in Europe alone.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
While heavy rain from Bertha will continue to move into the Texas coastline from Corpus Christi to Port Lavaca -- most of the storm's precipitation was displaced to its south in the Gulf.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026

Definition of precipitation

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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
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

Definition of scarper

Noun

Each bar has a lemon filling and is topped off with a white chocolate drizzle.

— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2026
Meanwhile, heat a generous drizzle of olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and add zucchini seasoned with salt, pepper, and a punch of red pepper flakes.

— Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 July 2026

Definition of drizzle

Verb

But when academics decamp to AI labs or spend more of their time working on their own companies, universities are left with fewer professors to teach the next generation of researchers.

— Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
Should everyone on the Upper East Side just decamp to the Hamptons while this gets worked out?

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 July 2026

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