Mizzling

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a thick mist or fine rain uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of mizzle form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of rain: falling very finely; drizzling.
  2. 2
    Of a day, weather conditions etc.: drizzly.

    "It had its starting-point late on a March afternoon at the end of a still, mizzling day."

Example

More examples

"A mizzling rain darkened the atmosphere, and the leafless trees presented a scene of external desolation, that in some degree corresponded with the mental gloom of the travellers."

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