torrential
/təˈrɛnʃ(ə)l
/adjective
1(Of rain) falling rapidly and in copious quantities: a torrential downpour...
- On the paddy fields of the far east of Wales, with torrential rain falling throughout, there was very little rugby.
- But observers blamed the torrential rain that fell on the capital before and after the ceremony.
- Two schoolchildren are up for a bravery award after helping their grandmother when she fell in torrential rain.
Synonyms
copious, severe, heavy, rapid, relentless, violent;
soaking, teeming
1.1(Of water) flowing rapidly and with force: they plunged into the torrential waters...
- He muttered, looking insolently at the flooding shelter as the torrential waters rose.
- Christina whipped her head around and the blue Swift fired a torrential jet of water at her.
- Mini-oases of peace occur in harbours, sheltered from the torrential force of spring snowmelt.
Derivatives
torrentially
- When thunderstorms aren't uprooting forests or rearranging acres of farmland, the South often suffers hailstorms, flashfloods and torrentially ghoulish winds during this season.
- Sadly I had neglected to properly shut the skylight, the gales had forced it wide open, and the torrential downpour had torrentially downpoured into my room for 4 hours.
- The heaven's opened and it rained torrentially.