Meaning of INCLEMENT
| Pronunciation: | | in'klemunt
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- [adj] used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy; "the harse sentence of an inclement judge"
- [adj] (of weather of climate) physically severe
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INCLEMENT is a 9 letter word that starts with I. |
| | Synonyms: | | filthy, foul, nasty, pluvial, pluvious, rainy, unsparing, vile |
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| | Antonyms: | | clement | | |
| | See Also: | | intemperate, merciless, stormy, unmerciful | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*clem"ent\, a. [L. inclemens; pref. in- not +
clemens mild: cf. F. incl['e]ment. See {Clement}.]
1. Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of
tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh.
2. Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the
elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy;
rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather. --Cowper.
The guard the wretched from the inclement sky.
--Pope.
Teach us further by what means to shun The inclement
seasons, rain, ice, hail, and snow! --Milton.
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| | Related Terms: | | algid, arctic, astringent, austere, bad, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, blustery, boreal, bowelless, brisk, brumal, brutal, cold, cold as charity, cold as death, cold as ice, cold as marble, crisp, cruel, cutting, dog-eat-dog, dour, extreme, flinty, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, gelid, glacial, grim, hard, harsh, heartless, hibernal, hiemal, hyperborean, ice-cold, ice-encrusted, icelike, icy, inexorable, intemperate, keen, merciless, nipping, nippy, numbing, penetrating, piercing, pinching, pitiless, rainy, raw, relentless, remorseless, rigorous, rough, rugged, ruthless, severe, sharp, Siberian, sleety, slushy, snappy, squally, stern, stone-cold, stormy, stringent, subzero, supercooled, tempestuous, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, unfeeling, unforgiving, ungentle, unmerciful, unpitiful, unpitying, unremorseful, unsparing, unsympathetic, unsympathizing, unyielding, violent, winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry, without mercy |
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