Antonyms for deluge

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : del-yooj, -yoozh, del-ooj, -oozh, dih-looj, -loozh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛl yudʒ, -yuʒ, ˈdɛl udʒ, -uʒ, dɪˈludʒ, -ˈluʒ

Definition of deluge

Origin : late 14c., from Old French deluge (12c.), earlier deluve, from Latin diluvium "flood, inundation," from diluere "wash away," from dis- "away" (see dis-) + -luere, comb. form of lavere "to wash" (see lave).

noun downpour, flood of something
verb inundate with water
verb overwhelm

Example sentences :

There was no "let up" of the deluge throughout that day and Easter-Monday.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various

It seemed my only way of escape, and after that, the Deluge.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

The rain, falling in a deluge, was driven by a wind like a hurricane.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

It is here represented in an exaggerated sense, as a deluge.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

The deluge is the flood which the great Yu regulated as minister of the Emperor Yau.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

This may be exemplified by the account which is given of the deluge in Triad 13.
Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin

The sentiments of the egoist are summed up in the maxim, "After me the deluge!"
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

Bad business, this promising a written Constitution—The deluge breaks.
Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel

Then let us suppose the world to have been destroyed by a deluge.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

Before he could go on or she continue, the rain came in a deluge.
Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for deluge

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