Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb drizzle

2 senses of drizzle

Sense 1
drizzle, mizzle -- (rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant")
       => rain, rain down -- (precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding")

Sense 2
drizzle, moisten -- (moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted butter")
       => sprinkle, splash, splosh -- (cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her")

Antonyms of adj drizzling

1 sense of drizzling

Sense 1
drizzling -- ((of rain) falling lightly in very small drops; "a raw drizzing rain")

INDIRECT (VIA descending) -> ascending -- (moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed")

Similarity of adj drizzling

1 sense of drizzling

Sense 1
drizzling -- ((of rain) falling lightly in very small drops; "a raw drizzing rain")
       => descending (prenominal) (vs. ascending) -- (coming down or downward)