Inclement

Quick meaning: Inclement is an adjective meaning Stormy, of rough weather; not clement.

Meaning

Stormy, of rough weather; not clement.

More Meanings

1. (obsolete) Merciless, unrelenting.
2. (archaic) Unmercifully severe in temper or action.

Example Sentences

inclement weather

How much more, if we pray him, will his ear / Be open, and his heart to pitie incline, / And teach us further by what means to shun / Th’ inclement Seasons, Rain, Ice, Hail and Snow, / Which now the Skie with various Face begins.

Starless exposed, and ever-threatening storms / Of Chaos blustering round, inclement sky; / Save on that side which from the wall of Heaven, / Though distant far, some small reflection gains / Of glimmering air less vexed with tempest loud.

Concerning all this, it is much to be deplored that the mast-heads of a southern whale ship are unprovided with those enviable little tents or pulpits, called crow’s-nests, in which the look-outs of a Greenland whaler are protected from the inclement weather of the frozen seas.

Synonyms for inclement

Depending on context, synonyms include foul, pitiless, remorseless, unmerciful, unyielding, barbarous.

Antonyms for inclement

Common opposites include clement.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rainy, filthy, foul, nasty, unsparing, vile.

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