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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
inclement
    adj 1: (of weather or climate) severe [ant: clement]
    2: used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy;
       "the harsh sentence of an inclement judge" [ant: clement]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Inclement \In*clem"ent\, a. [L. inclemens; pref. in- not +
   clemens mild: cf. F. incl['e]ment. See Clement.]
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   1. Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of
      tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh.
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   2. Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the
      elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy;
      rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather. --Cowper.
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            The guard the wretched from the inclement sky.
                                                  --Pope.
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            Teach us further by what means to shun
            The inclement seasons, rain, ice, hail, and snow!
                                                  --Milton.
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Thesaurus Results for Inclement:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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