Pelting

Synonyms for "pelting" (30 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

Noun(5 words)

Strong matches (9)

Noun(8 words)
drivingdriving raineggingharassharassmenthard rainharryingmissile assault

Related words (15)

Noun(10 words)
onslaughtpeltpoundingpounding rainprojectile barragerainrainingstone throwingstoningstrike
Adjective(1 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

15 entries
attackchronological sequencechronological successioncriticismforceful actionphysical aggressionprecipitationprecipitation eventsequencesuccessionsuccessivenessverbal aggressionverbal assaultviolent actweather phenomenon

More specific

20 entries
barrage of questionsbrick peltingdriving rainegg peltinghail peltingheated interrogationhostile questioninginterview barragemedia grillingpelting blowspelting criticismspelting hailpelting questionspelting rainpersistent criticismspress barrage

Showing 16 of 20 words.

Collocations

14 entries
egg peltinghail peltingpelting attackpelting barragepelting blowspelting criticismspelting hailpelting of criticismspelting questionspelting rainpelting stonespelting with rockssnowball peltingstone pelting

Inflections

5 entries
more peltingmost peltingpeltedpeltingspelts

Derivations

4 entries

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Here, with her hundred daughters, pale with dread, / poor Hecuba and all her female train, / as doves, that from the low'ring storm have fled, / and cower for shelter from the pelting rain, / crouch round the silent gods, and cling to them in vain.

Source: tatoeba (6844098)

It's pelting down.

Source: tatoeba (10638183)

Information from the Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows that the U.S. space agency NASA will have to take strong measures to shield visitors from the radiation that is pelting the planet.

Source: tatoeba (12154716)

[…] the rain began to pour down in torrents, and we exposed our persons to the peltings of the shower rather than have our few books and remaining dry clothes injured.

Source: wiktionary

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