English Vocabulary in Use - 29 Weather and Climate

chilly/freezing/nippy

cold

boiling/sweltering/roasting

hot

blowy/breezy

windy

stifling/heavy/close

oppressive/sultry

chucking it down/it's pouring

downpour/deluge

muggy/clammy/sticky

humid

climate

general weather patterns over a long period of time

climate of distrust

secrecy and dishonesty

prevailing

most common; widespread

sunny disposition

hardly ever miserable

sunny

cheerful, happy

frosty

cold

snowed under

having a lot of work to do

under a cloud

If someone is suspected of having done something wrong, they are under a cloud

cloud your judgement

make it hard for you to judge well

hail of bullets

A lot of bullets

hail/storm of abuse

a lot of criticism

hazy memory

vague memory

in the mists of history

a period of time so long ago that people cannot remember it

whirlwind

A very strong wind that moves in a spinning direction.

whirlwind romance

passionate affair that happens very quickly

thundered

moved noisily

thunderous applause

very loud applause

thundery

stormy weather

thunderous

very loud

winds of change/discontent/democracy

actions or influences that will lead to changes