RAINED Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

rained

verb

past tense of rain

as in poured

to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds it started raining early this morning and hasn't let up since

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as in heaped

to give readily and in large quantities she rained praise upon her graduating students the squadron rained bombs on the enemy's fortifications

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Recent Examples of rained Following a pause so dramatically long that Affleck looked confused as to what was happening, celebratory lights began flashing and confetti rained down. — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 30 July 2026 Boo birds rained down at various points, and the stands started to thin out in the later innings. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 29 July 2026 The smell that’s coming to mind, which is my like favorite smell of the desert, is after it’s rained, which is obviously rare. — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026 With the Ball Hogs facing a daunting 26-17 halftime deficit against the Riot, Pargo took over and rained down multiple long-distance buckets to completely turn the game on its head. — Juan Carlos Blanco, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026 The plane crashed into the 109-story CITIC Tower in China's capital city on Friday, June 26, sending members of the public fleeing as debris rained down from the sky, as seen in videos surfacing online. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026 Body parts and munitions rained down on. — Christopher Derose, CBS News, 26 June 2026 But in the match’s two mandatory hydration breaks, loud boos rained down from the stands. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026 Up in the stands, fans waved their own flags — including some sneaked in over the objections of FIFA and the courts — and wrestled with emotions, as boos, howls and hisses rained down from all corners of the stadium. — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 16 June 2026

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Verb

Dreaming up ‘The Curse of a Forsaken Heart’ was the first time my creative voice poured back in.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
The victim was left naked on a floor with head injuries and broken ribs, and one attacker poured floor cleaner onto his open wounds.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of poured

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Piles of brush have been growing along lawns since Memorial Day weekend, some nearly five feet tall as fresh branches and leaves are heaped atop weeks-old debris.

— Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
All of this good fortune heaped a mountain of pressure on Burke, who was then living in Virginia and working as an associate editor at Katie Couric Media, a fast-churning life-style site that traffics primarily in wellness and shopping content.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of heaped

Verb

Residents of a Newark, New Jersey, apartment complex got a startling wakeup call Sunday morning when police in tactical gear, responding to reports of multiple people shot, stormed their building.

— Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
But the suspect’s sister, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the victim became enraged after noticing a scratch on his motorcycle and stormed up to her brother, blaming him for the damage.

— Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of stormed

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Its following includes Emmy voters, who lavished the series with 19 nominations, the most of any new series this year.

— Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Critics lavished praise on the film, so much so that chatter about potential Oscar attention kicked up in Hollywood.

— Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of lavished

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The film examines Short’s upbringing in Hamilton, Ontario as the youngest of five siblings, showered with love and attention from his earliest days (perhaps the only dark cloud in those blue skies being his father’s alcohol problem).

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026
For three months, the two rappers slept, showered and worked there.

— Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of showered

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Their letter precipitated the launch of the Manhattan Project and, six years later, the bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

— Michael Posner, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Rethink Trade director Lori Wallach cautioned against viewing the first-half 2025-to-2026 contraction in the deficit as an all-out win, given that there were special circumstances that precipitated it.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2026