Antonyms for sleet
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : sleet |
| Phonetic Transcription : slit |
Definition of sleet
Origin :- c.1300, slete, either from an unrecorded Old English *slete, *slyte, related to Middle High German sloz, Middle Low German sloten (plural) "hail," from Proto-Germanic *slautjan- (cf. dialectal Norwegian slutr, Danish slud, Swedish sloud "sleet"), from root *slaut-.
- As in precipitation : noun moisture in air or falling from sky
- As in rain : noun downpour of water or other substance
- As in shower : noun precipitation
- As in snow : noun frozen vapor
- As in ice : noun frozen water
- As in rain : verb drop water or other substance
- As in shower : verb rain
- A gust of wind and sleet rushed through the opening and stung their faces.
- Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
- But in spite of snow and sleet we filled our days to the brim.
- Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume I » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Then the sleet came pouring down and shut everything from sight.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- Sleet an' rain minglin', an' porridge ice slammin' ont' shore!
- Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
- The weather had been stormy, with frequent showers of sleet and snow.
- Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
- The snow and sleet were blinding, the wind had risen to a gale.
- Extract from : « A Woman who went to Alaska » by May Kellogg Sullivan
- Sleet was falling, and the wet and cold increased the discomfort.
- Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
- It was a bitter cold night, with a cold wind and snow and sleet.
- Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
- The wind and the sleet caused a stampede at the picket line.
- Extract from : « The Delta of the Triple Elevens » by William Elmer Bachman
- Ordered back to Murfreesboro, and march thither in a storm of snow and sleet.
- Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty
Synonyms for sleet
- bestow
- bucket
- cat-and-dog weather
- chunk
- cloudburst
- come down in buckets
- condensation
- crystal
- cube ice
- deluge
- deposit
- diamonds
- downpour
- drench
- drencher
- drizzle
- dry ice
- fall
- floe
- flood
- flurry
- glacier
- glaze
- hail
- hailstone
- hailstorm
- heavy dew
- ice cube
- iceberg
- icicle
- lavish
- liquid sunshine
- mist
- monsoon
- patter
- permafrost
- pour
- pouring
- powder snow
- precip
- precipitation
- rain
- raindrops
- rainfall
- rainstorm
- sheets
- shower
- showers
- sleet
- slush
- snow
- snow blanket
- snow crystal
- snowbank
- snowdrift
- snowfall
- snowflake
- spate
- spit
- spray
- sprinkle
- sprinkling
- storm
- stream
- sun shower
- thunderstorm
- torrent
- volley
- wet stuff
- wetness
- window washer
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