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inclement

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in·clem·ent  (n-klmnt)
adj.
1. Stormy: inclement weather.
2. Showing no clemency; unmerciful.
in·clemen·cy n.
in·clement·ly adv.
inclement
Adjective
Formal (of weather) stormy or severe
inclemency n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.inclement - (of weather or climate) severe
intemperate - (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes; "an intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones"
clement - (of weather or climate) physically mild; "clement weather"
2.inclement - used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy; "the harsh sentence of an inclement judge"
merciless, unmerciful - having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating"
clement - (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy; "a more clement judge reduced the sentence"
Translations
inclement [ɪnˈklɛmənt] adj → inclemente
inclement [ɪnˈklɛmənt] adj → inclément(e) → rigoureux/euse
inclement [ɪnˈklɛmənt] adj (weather) → rau, unfreundlich
inclement [ɪnˈklɛmənt] adj → inclemente


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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, shut up in the caved trunk of his body, there fed upon the sullen paws of its gloom!
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Nor did I fail (as is the custom of landed proprietors all about the world) to parade the poor fellow up and down over my half a dozen acres; secretly rejoicing, nevertheless, that the disarray of the inclement season, and particularly the six inches of snow then upon the ground, prevented him from observing the ragged neglect of soil and shrubbery into which the place had lapsed.
Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
"If the weather was inclement," said the captain, "we watched the clouds, and hoped for a sight of the blue sky and the merry sun.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
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