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inclement adjective [ ɪnˈklɛm(ə)nt ]

• (of the weather) unpleasantly cold or wet.
• "walkers should be prepared for inclement weather"
Similar: cold, chilly, bitter, bleak, raw, wintry, freezing, snowy, icy, wet, rainy, drizzly, damp, stormy, blustery, wild, rough, squally, tempestuous, windy, unpleasant, bad, foul, nasty, filthy, severe, extreme, harsh, adverse,
Opposite: fine, mild, sunny,
Origin: early 17th century: from French inclément or Latin inclement-, from in- ‘not’ + clement- ‘clement’.


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