Upper-Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #1167 of 1319

torrential (adj.)

falling heavily

Examples

  • Torrential rain.

Key rules

  • Torrential means falling heavily and quickly
  • Torrential rain, torrential downpour
  • Torrent is the noun
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