Synonyms for sleeted
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : sleet |
| Phonetic Transcription : slit |
Top 10 synonyms for sleeted Other synonyms for the word sleeted
- algific
- antarctic
- arctic
- bestow
- biting
- bitter
- bucket
- chill
- chilled to the bone
- chilling
- come down in buckets
- deposit
- downpour
- drizzle
- fall
- frigorific
- frost-bound
- frozen over
- gelid
- glaring
- hail
- iced
- lavish
- mist
- patter
- pour
- refrigerated
- rimy
- shivering
- shivery
- shower
- sleet
- sleeted
- smooth as glass
- sprinkle
- storm
Définition of sleeted
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 icy : adj frozen; slippery when frozen
- As in rain : verb drop water or other substance
- As in shower : verb rain
- It rained, and sleeted, and then snowed, but the ground was too wet to hold the snow.
- Extract from : « Tales of lonely trails » by Zane Grey
- And what could be prettier, he said, than the woods after it sleeted all night, and hoar frost finished the job!
- Extract from : « Old Caravan Days » by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
- It had rained all day, except when it sleeted, and of course we were wet through, yet we dare not light a fire.
- Extract from : « Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion » by G. Hamilton-Browne
- For the four days during which we were detained at this station it rained, sleeted, and snowed alternately and unceasingly.
- Extract from : « Five Years in New Zealand » by Robert B. Booth
- The road was a perfect glare of ice, and everything above ground was literally plated with sleeted frost.
- Extract from : « The Old Pike » by Thomas B. Searight
- Onward they went, leaning inward, treading slowly, and shot was sleeted at them from the windows.
- Extract from : « An Arkansas Planter » by Opie Percival Read
- The dividing line between snow and rain still was heavily marked, but it sleeted and our hands were quite numbed.
- Extract from : « The Luck of Thirteen » by Jan Gordon
- Well, late one evening that fall there came an early squall of Squaw winter, sleeted and spit snow wickedly.
- Extract from : « The Outlet » by Andy Adams
Antonyms for sleeted
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