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drizzle
light rain made of very small drops
Synonyms
- sprinkle
- mist
- fine rain
Antonyms
- downpour
- cloudburst
drizzle in a sentence
A gentle drizzle dotted the sidewalk during our walk home.
A light drizzle began during recess, but the students barely noticed it.
Where it comes from
From Old English dreosan 'to fall'
Memory hook
Drizzle drops are dinky drops of rain.
Read it in context
- A Waterway Opens History