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View synonyms for downpour

downpour

[ doun-pawr, -pohr ]

noun

  1. a heavy, drenching rain.


downpour

/ ˈdaʊnˌpɔː /

noun

  1. a heavy continuous fall of rain
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of downpour1

First recorded in 1805–15; down 1 + pour
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Example Sentences

We may see downpours end around sunrise but may still have some pesky showers linger into midday or early afternoon.

Scattered downpours, gusty winds possible thru mid-afternoon.

Although climate change is expected to include gradual warming globally, scientists think that extreme events such as heat waves, cold snaps, droughts and torrential downpours could also grow in number and strength over time.

Water and electronics simply don’t mix, and many an expensive device has been rendered useless by an errant spill or unexpected downpour.

Just don’t send it off down the street during a torrential downpour.

A few tear-sized raindrops were followed by a suddenly heavy downpour as the family inside stepped up for a last farewell.

Then the air suddenly turns still, the downpour stops, and the sky transforms from grey to turquoise.

Adding to the pathos, the fickle Charlotte skies chose that moment to unleash a biblical downpour on the entire tableau.

Noting that a downpour has ended, Ringo gets a roar of laughter when he quips “I just said stop and it did.”

Her first foray abroad, earlier this month, brought a rare downpour of brickbats.

And he stepped out into the rain, which had begun again a few minutes earlier, and was now falling in a steady downpour.

The wind and rain had ceased, but the dripping of the branches still kept up an excellent imitation of a downpour.

With a good blinding snowfall, or a pelting downpour of cats and dogs, I might have hoped for a respite.

A sudden downpour of rain, without thunder or lightning, had just passed rapidly over our wide plain.

For long the downpour never ceased by night or by day; it was the rain that rained away the Corn Laws.

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