dirty weather

dirty weather

English

Noun

dirty weather (uncountable)

1. (Britain) Undesirable weather, especially foggy or stormy weather conditions.

Usage notes

• Judging by Google hits, "dirty weather" and "ugly weather" appear to be roughly equally common expressions.

Synonyms

• ugly weather
• unpleasant weather
• inclement weather

Antonyms

• clear skies, clear weather

Hyponyms

• foggy weather, stormy weather

Translations

undesirable weather

Chinese: Mandarin: 陰雨天 (zh), 阴雨天 (zh) (yīnyǔtiān) Finnish: ruma ilma French: gros temps (fr) m

German: Schlechtwetter (de) n Japanese: 悪天候 (あくてんこう, akutenkō) Russian: нена́стная пого́да f (nenástnaja pogóda), нена́стье (ru) n (nenástʹje), плоха́я пого́да f (ploxája pogóda) Swedish: fult (sv), dåligt (sv), hårt (sv), svårt (sv), ruskigt (sv) väder (sv) n