inclement.

Unpleasantly cold, wet, windy, or stormy.

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Words that belong together

• inclement weather
• inclement conditions

On the page

The excavation closed temporarily because of inclement weather.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Comparative more inclement; superlative most inclement when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: moderately common.