mizzle 1 of 2

as in rainfall
a light or fine rain as I wandered around the city, the late afternoon mizzle seemed the perfect accompaniment to my melancholy mood

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mizzle

2 of 2

verb

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Noun
  • The threat of excessive rainfall increases on May 25 for states in the central and southern Plains, the middle and lower Mississippi Valley and the Tennessee Valley, forecasters said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 25 May 2025
  • Main storm threats include locally damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph, hail, cloud-to-ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall.
    Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • Also, take some time to examine the perimeter of your yard to ensure any gates and fences are secure and don’t have any gaps through which your pup can easily escape.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • Tens of thousands of Afghans pursued the special immigration process and escaped with the exit of U.S. forces, fearing retaliation up to death with the return of Taliban rule.
    Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The non-aerosol mist gives skin a radiant sheen while shielding it with broad-spectrum SPF 50.
    Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 26 May 2025
  • Full sun Soil Type: Medium, well-draining, average Soil pH: Adaptable (6.0-8.0) USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 9 Often called blue mist for their airy clouds of late summer blooms, bluebeard is a deciduous perennial that behaves like a shrub in warmer reaches of its range.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
Verb
  • No studio would finance the feature, about a whorehouse exhibitionist who lams it after being framed for murder — so director Melvin Van Peebles financed it himself with a boost from Bill Cosby, who gave him a $50,000 loan.
    Andrew Lawrence, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
  • One of those classic films that’s as good as its reputation (and maybe even better), Billy Wilder’s high-spirited comedy stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as jazz musicians who have to lam it after witnessing a mob crime.
    Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2023
Noun
  • Temperatures are expected to cool to a low around 43 degrees into Thursday night with a precipitation chance of 80%, according to the National Weather Service.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2025
  • On Friday, the chance of precipitation is expected to drop from Thursday, forecasts show, and the high temperature may climb slightly to the upper 50s.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • For an elevated dessert, drizzle over vanilla ice cream and top with cut or macerated strawberries or peaches.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
  • Southern California’s surprise May heat wave is set to break Saturday evening, with cooler temperatures expected on Mother’s Day and fog and even drizzle arriving early next week, according to the National Weather Service.
    Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, the show that is replacing The Late Late Show now that James Corden has scarpered off to old Blighty.
    Vulture, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Idrissa Gueye has scarpered, but that void was instantly filled by Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin - while Moise Kean, goodness knows how, has signed from Juventus to sharpen things up front.
    SI.com, SI.com, 5 Aug. 2019
Verb
  • By the next afternoon, the art crowd had decamped and Hydra returned to its serene summer pace, with other low-key art sites revealing themselves like sculptural rocks at low tide.
    Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
  • After becoming fascinated with the criminal couple’s Depression-era story, Benton and Newman decamped to the heartland to interview people who knew them and get a sense of what the film might be.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 13 May 2025
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“Mizzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mizzle. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.

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