Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Falling as very light rain in fine, mist-like drops: Describes precipitation characterized by numerous tiny water droplets that descend slowly and often appear to float or drift in the air, creating a damp, misty atmosphere.

Usage

• Adjective:
  • The drizzling rain made the streets shiny but wasn't heavy enough for an umbrella.
  • We decided to go for a walk despite the drizzling weather.
  • A cold, drizzling mist settled over the hills in the morning.

Advanced Usage

• "drizzling" as a participial adjective: Often used to describe weather conditions or the nature of rain itself.
  • The forecast calls for drizzling showers throughout the afternoon.
• Used to imply a persistent, light, and often gloomy wetness.
  • He pulled his collar up against the drizzling damp.

Variants and Related Words

• Drizzle (verb): To rain lightly in fine drops.
  • It started to drizzle just as we left the house.
• Drizzle (noun): Light rain falling in very fine drops.
  • The drizzle continued all day.
• Drizzly (adjective): Characterized by or resembling drizzle; damp and misty.
  • It was a typical drizzly November day.

Synonyms

• Misting: Similar to drizzling but sometimes implies even finer, more evaporative droplets.
• Sprinkling: Refers to light, scattered rain, but can be slightly more intermittent than a steady drizzle.

Related Phrases

• "drizzling rain": The most common collocation, specifying the type of precipitation.
  • They hurried home through the drizzling rain.
• "drizzling down": A phrasal verb form emphasizing the action of the light rain falling.
  • It's been drizzling down all morning.

Adjective

1. (of rain) falling lightly in very small drops
   • a raw drizzing rain