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inclemency

inclemency noun: the quality of being inclement; lack of clemency.

Noun

inclemency (usually uncountable, plural inclemencies)

  1. (usually) The quality of being inclement; lack of clemency.
  2. (usually) Something that is inclement.
    • with neither house nor clothes to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather1729, Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal
    • They are built of rough sticks, covered with bulrushes or grass, in such a manner as to completely protect the inhabitants from all the inclemencies of the weather.1849, Edwin Bryant, What I Saw in California

inclemency meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

inclemency in Hindi

inclemency
कड़ाई kaṛāī

inclemency in Tamil

கடுமை, கொந்தளிப்பு, மோசம்

inclemency in Urdu

درشتی, کرختگی, سختی

inclemency in Bengali

নিষ্ঠুরতা, প্রতিকূলতা, দুর্যোগ

Forms of inclemency

pluralinclemencies

Origin of inclemency

Learned borrowing from Latin inclēmentia. By surface analysis, inclemen(t) + -cy.

Questions about inclemency

What does inclemency mean?
Inclemency means the quality of being inclement; lack of clemency.
What is inclemency in Hindi?
Inclemency in Hindi is कड़ाई (kaṛāī). See Inclemency meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is inclemency?
Inclemency is a noun.
What is the plural of inclemency?
The plural of inclemency is inclemencies.

Words near inclemency in the dictionary

  1. incld.
  2. incle
  3. inclearing
  4. inclearings
  5. inclemencies
  6. inclemency
  7. inclement
  8. inclemently
  9. inclementness
  10. incles
  11. inclimate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inclemency (page history and authors); कड़ाई (Hindi) (page history and authors); inclemency (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inclemency (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inclemency (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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