Hail
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English
Noun
Hail (uncountable)- Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
Verb
Hail (third-person singular simple present Hails, present participle Hailing, simple past and past participle Hailed)
- (impersonal) Said of the weather when hail is falling.
- (transitive) to send or release hail
- (transitive) to greet
- (transitive) to praise enthusiastically
- (transitive) to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of
Adjectives for Hail
continuous; lashing; sonorous; pearly; incessant; cursing; dreadful.
Verbs for Hail
deluge with—; escape—; pour—; send down —; shower with—; volley—; —assails; — chills; —descends; —desolates; —falls; — pierces; —ravages; —shatters; —spatters; —stones; —tattoos; —whistles round.
Adverbs for Hail
exultingly; rapturously; imperatively; enthusiastically; resoundingly; boisterously; thunderously; obstreperously; vigorously.
Synonyms for Hail
call, address, salute, herald, accost, greet, compliment, summon, approach, welcome, honor, acclaim, applaud, cheer, entertain.
Antonyms for Hail
ignore, neglect, disregard, overlook, slight, scorn, spurn, disdain, shun, avoid, elude.
Thesaurus
accede, accept, acclaim, accost, acknowledge, acquiesce, acquiesce in, address, agree, agree to, appeal to, applaud, approach, approve, army, assent, bark, barrage, bawl, beat the drum, bellow, bespeak, bevy, bid good day, bid good morning, bob, bombard, bombardment, bow, bow to, broadside, bunch, buttonhole, buy, call, call to, cannonade, caterwaul, cheer, cheer on, clap, clap the hands, cloud, clutter, compliment, comply, congratulate, consent, covey, cry, curtsy, dip, drumfire, embrace, encore, exchange colors, exchange greetings, felicitate, flag, flag down, flash, flight, flock, flocks, frost, fusillade, give a hand, give a signal, give the nod, glance, glorify, graupel, greet, greeting, hail and speak, hailstone, half-mast, halloo, hallow, hand-clasp, handshake, hear it for, hello, hive, hoist a banner, hold with, holler, hollo, honor, hoot, host, how-do-you-do, howl, hug, ice, ice over, ice up, in toto, invoke, jam, kick, kiss, kiss hands, large amount, laud, leer, legion, lift the hat, lots, make a sign, many, masses of, mob, muchness, multitude, nest, nod, nod assent, nod to, nudge, numbers, pack, pelt, plurality, poke, praise, pull the forelock, quantities, quite a few, raise a cry, receive, recommend, roar, root for, rout, ruck, salutation, salute, salvo, say hello, scores, scream, screech, shake, shake hands, shoal, shout, shower, shriek, sign, signal, signalize, sleet, smile, smile of recognition, snow, snow in, snow under, soft hail, sound an alarm, sound the trumpet, speak, speak fair, speak to, squall, squawk, squeal, storm, subscribe to, swarm, take aside, take kindly to, talk to, throng, tidy sum, torrent, touch, touch the hat, uncover, unfurl a flag, volley, vote for, wave, wave a flag, wave the hand, welcome, whoop, wink, worlds of, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yes, yield assent, yowl
