inclement
UK/ɪnˈklɛm.ənt/
inclement adjective: stormy, of rough weather; not clement.
Adjective
inclement (comparative more inclement, superlative most inclement)
- Stormy, of rough weather; not clement.
- inclement weather
- Starless exposed, and ever-threatening storms / Of Chaos blustering round, inclement sky; / Save on that side which from the wall of Heaven, / Though distant far, some small reflection gains / Of glimmering air less vexed with tempest loud.1667, John Milton, “Book LXXV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC...
- Synonyms:
- foul
- Merciless, unrelenting.
- He lived in the world, as the last of the Grisly Bears lived in settled Missouri. And as when Spring and Summer had departed, that wild Logan of the woods, burying himself in the hollow of a tree, lived out the winter there, sucking his own paws; so, in his inclement, howling old age, Ahab’s soul...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “34”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
- By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.1921, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- pitiless, remorseless, unmerciful, unyielding, barbarous, bowelless, brutal, compassionless, cruel, flagitious
- Unmercifully severe in temper or action.
inclement meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
inclement in Tamil
- புயலார்ந்த, காற்று, மழை கலந்த, கடுமையான, கருணையற்ற
inclement in Urdu
- کرخت, سخت, شدید, طوفانی
inclement in Bengali
- প্রতিকূল, কঠোর, রুক্ষ
inclement in Malayalam
- chilly, cold, bleak
- മോശം കാലാവസ്ഥയായ, അതിശീതള, പ്രചണ്ഡ, രൂക്ഷ, തണുത്ത, താഴ്ന്ന ഊഷ്മാവുള്ള
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- inclement in Kannada
- ಪ್ರತಿಕೂಲವಾದ, ಬಿರುಗಾಳಿ, ಬಿರುಮಳೆ, ಪ್ರಕ್ಷುಬ್ಧ
Examples of inclement in a sentence
- He has been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which were to be put in phials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw inclement summers.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […]...
- When it was not too wet or inclement for her child to be with her, they went together; at other times she was alone; but, she never missed a single day.1859, Charles Dickens, “third book, fifth chapter”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
- We can understand his taking an evening stroll, but the ground was damp and the night inclement.1901 August – 1902 April, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Problem”, in The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes...
Synonyms of inclement
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Antonyms
Forms of inclement
| comparative | more inclement |
|---|---|
| superlative | most inclement |
Origin of inclement
From Latin inclēmēns (“unmerciful, severe”), from in- (“not”) + clēmēns (“mild, placid”).
Words formed from inclement
Questions about inclement
- What does inclement mean?
- Inclement means stormy, of rough weather; not clement.
- What is inclement in Tamil?
- Inclement in Tamil is புயலார்ந்த, காற்று, மழை கலந்த. See Inclement meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use inclement in a sentence?
- He has been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which were to be put in phials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw inclement summers.
- What part of speech is inclement?
- Inclement is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce inclement?
- Inclement is pronounced /ɪnˈklɛm.ənt/ (UK).
Words near inclement in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: inclement (page history and authors); inclement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inclement (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inclement (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inclement (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); inclement (Kannada 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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