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rainy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of rainy

marked by or abounding with rain

  • found that the stretch of cold, rainy weather made his joints swell and ache
Synonyms of rainy

pouring, precipitating, stormy, wet
Words Related to rainy

drippy, drizzling, drizzly, misty, mizzly, spitting, sprinkling
Near Antonyms of rainy

dry

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