| English Dictionary |
RAININESS
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does raininess mean?
• RAININESS (noun)
The noun RAININESS has 1 sense:
1. (of weather) the badness of the weather
Familiarity information: RAININESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of weather) the badness of the weather
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
foulness; raininess
Context example:
they were wearied with the foulness of the weather
Hypernyms ("raininess" is a kind of...):
badness; severeness; severity (used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Hunger makes good kitchen." (English proverb)
"A man says his word to the face" (Azerbaijani proverb)
"Movement is a blessing." (Arabic proverb)
"Hasty speed is rarely good" (Dutch proverb)
"A man says his word to the face" (Azerbaijani proverb)
"Movement is a blessing." (Arabic proverb)
"Hasty speed is rarely good" (Dutch proverb)