pelting

Speech parts

1. pelting - Noun

2. pelting - Adjective

3. pelting - Verb

Meaning

of Pelt

Mean; paltry.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rain bolt dart careen attack speed career pepper sprint race charge stream bomb shoot casting
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Antonyms

dally tarry dawdle delay wait crawl
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Hypernyms

sequence succession successiveness chronological sequence chronological succession

Anagrams

petling

Examples

To thy lover, O Lord, the railing of the world is wild honey and the pelting of stones by the mob is summer rain on the body. For is it not Thou that railest and peltest, and is it not Thou in the stones that strikest and hurtest me? Sri Aurobindo

External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Charles Dickens

a rain of bullets Source: Internet

a pelting of insults Source: Internet

According to police sources, the villagers also resorted to mild stone pelting and blamed the police for the death of the youth. Source: Internet

After they withdrew, members of the other community indulged in stone pelting which caused head injury to one person who was rushed to Nizamabad for treatment. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Peltier-Seebeck effect peltiform peltinerved peltingly Peltiphyllum Peltiphyllum peltatum