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🌦️ Very light rain 🌦️ To rain lightly
to mizzle

to mizzle

8.8
To fall as very light rain in small drops
  • verb
  • /ˈmɪzəl/
  • UK
translation icon : lloviznar
  • It began to mizzle just as we reached the park, so we opened our umbrellas.

Examples

  • Yesterday afternoon, it mizzled for hours without ever turning into a proper rain.

  • It started to mizzle this morning.

  • Clouds gathered and soon it was mizzling over the quiet village street.

  • The weather forecast says it will mizzle later today.

  • As the evening approached, it started to mizzle, making the air feel fresh and cool.

  • We decided to stay indoors because it began to mizzle shortly after we left the house.

  • While walking down the street, I felt the first drops of mizzling rain on my face.

Synonyms

to rain
vsto mizzle
541 1.0

To fall from clouds as small drops of water

is the same idea but limited to very light, misty droplets
to drizzle
vsto mizzle
7 1.0

To rain very lightly with small drops falling slowly

is like that but focuses more on barely noticeable, thin wetness
to spit
vsto mizzle
  • UK
1 2.6

To rain in small light drops

is the same action but with the finest, mistlike droplets
drizzling
vsto mizzle
1.2

Raining very lightly in small misty drops

is similar but shows even less intensity and airier drops

Antonyms

to pour
588 1.0

To make liquid flow in a steady stream from a container

How Heavy

to pour
588 1.0
to rain
541 1.0
to mizzle
  • UK
8.8
to mist
4 2.8

Surface Forms

mizzle infinitive
mizzled past
mizzled past participle
mizzling present participle
mizzles third person singular

Etymology

The verb mizzle is also easy to remember by thinking of mist ('thin fog') meeting drizzle ('light rain'). So to mizzle is to fall in very fine drops, like a soft, gentle rain.