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What is another word for Drizzled?

Pronunciation: [dɹˈɪzə͡ld] (IPA)

Drizzled is a word used to describe a light, gentle rain or liquid being slowly and steadily dripped or poured. Some synonyms for this word include sprinkled, showered, sprayed, and dribbled. Sprinkled is typically used to describe a light scattering of something, such as sugar on a cake or water on a garden. Showered can mean a heavier, more forceful rain or liquid being poured. Sprayed generally means a mist or fine mist of liquid being dispersed. Lastly, dribbled is often used to describe the slow, steady pouring of a liquid, such as syrup on pancakes or gravy on mashed potatoes.
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I assumed that it could not be the climate, for rain Drizzled persistently from a grey and woolly sky nearly all the way from Skagway to Port Townsend, and this was regarded as "seasonable summer weather."
"From Paris to New York by Land"
Harry de Windt
The wind blew, the rain Drizzled, the driver looked around, wondering why Maria didn't get out and have done with it.
"The So-called Human Race"
Bert Leston Taylor
The nights were drawing in, and a damp fog from the sea had Drizzled the trees, and the ivy, and even his own moustache with cold misery.
"Springhaven A Tale of the Great War"
R. D. Blackmore

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