inclement

[ in-klem-uh nt ]

/ ɪnˈklɛm ənt /

(of the weather, the elements, etc.) severe, rough, or harsh; stormy.

not kind or merciful.

Origin of inclement

1615–25; < Latin inclēment-, equivalent to in- in-³ + clēment- (stem of clēmēns) clement

in·clem·en·cy, in·clem·ent·ness, noun in·clem·ent·ly, adverb

The day was so inclement that only Mr. and Mrs. Campbell and Russell's employer attended the funeral.

Macaria |Augusta Jane Evans Wilson
It was a cold and inclement spring, a blast of Kingsley's much belauded "north-easter," to which he succumbed.

Highways and Byways in London |Mrs. E. T. Cook.
All were convinced that it was in vain to attempt to accomplish their journey, on foot, at this inclement season.

Astoria |Washington Irving
To carry back some work which would have been returned yesterday had not the weather been so inclement.

Vashti |Augusta J. Evans Wilson

How anxiously the mother tries,With every tender care, To screen it from inclement skies,And the cold morning air!

Chatterbox Stories of Natural History |Anonymous

inclement

/ (ɪnˈklɛmənt) /

(of weather) stormy, severe, or tempestuous

harsh, severe, or merciless

inclemency or inclementness, noun inclemently, adverb