People have different experiences with rain; sometimes, it may be pleasant, or it can ruin an entire occasion that you had planned. In any case, you’ll need words to describe type of rain to convey your feelings or simply to describe the state of the weather.
There are plenty of words like gentle, soothing, pattering, gloomy etc. which you can use to describe unpredictable rainy weather.
Words to Describe Rainy and Windy Weather
Following is a list of commonly used adjective words for describing rain and windy weather.
| Tipping down | Drizzle | Spitting |
| Unsettling | Excessive | Pouring |
| Bucketing down | Downpour | Teeming |
| Torrential | Strong | Violent |
| Dismal | Gloomy | Misty |
| Sunshower | Drenched | Deluge |
| Overcast | Tepid | Gentle |
| Pattering | Soothing | Pounding |
Let’s have a look at some of the words with their sentence examples
1. Windy: a word that describes a climate to be with a lot of wind
Example: It was observed that despite the windy weather, the football team performed well.
2. Stormy: a word that describes something with a lot of rain and strong wind.
Example: The sea seemed to be stormy and the sailors decided to cut the path and return back to the shore.
3. Breezy: this word describes a lot of light wind.
Example: The cool breeze was blowing and he could see her hair spreading all over her beautiful face.
4. Blustery: weather with strong and directional winds
Example: The ship was sailing round and round with the blustery weather which made sailors afraid to sail to ship any further.
5. Brisk: The word brisk is used to describe the weather that is fairly cold with a strong wind blowing.
Example: Milind saw that in brisk tall weather, the glossy leaves turn yellow, red, and finally russet brown.
6. Wild: It shows that the weather is completely wild and has strong winds with a storm.
Example: It is a shrub, rather than a tree, and its size will be limited on the crags because of the wild weather conditions it has to endure.
7. Unsettled: With the unsettled weather, you can see a lot of changes (rain as well as wind) within a short period of time.
Example: The weather became completely unsettled as the wind kept blowing fast and in just one direction.
8. Fresh: It is probably in the morning cool fresh air that is fairly cold and blowing lightly.
Example: It was a beautiful garden and the missing lights sent more chills through her than the fresh wind picking up around her.
9. Squally: It shows that the weather is showing changes with sudden strong very wind and rain drizzle.
Example: Harman could see that the weather of the city was accompanied by a rapid temperature change and a squally wind that is capable of uprooting the trees.
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