dirty weather

English

Noun

dirty weather (uncountable)

(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

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

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