Synonyms of pelting

Noun


1. rain, pelting, sequence, chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological succession

usage: anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"

Verb


1. pelt, bombard, throw

usage: cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs"

2. pepper, pelt, attack, assail

usage: attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"

3. pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets, rain, rain down

usage: rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"

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Definition and meaning of pelting (Dictionary)