the sound of rain was electrifying

[alpacinou]

Is it appropriate to use "electrifying" in this sentence? Is this sentence okay?

Listening to the music of rain splashing against the AC's duct was electrifying and refreshing.

 

[Tarheel]

Was it thrilling?

 

[alpacinou]

Was it thrilling?

Sort of. We don't get a lot of rain at this time of the year.

 

[Tarheel]

It's OK.

 

[jutfrank]

It's not a good example sentence for electrifying, no, because it's very hard to imagine how that sound could have such a powerful effect on a listener.

Try again. Remember that electrifying is a very strong word. Imagine how you might feel with 240 Volts of electricity coursing through your body.

 

[alpacinou]

It's not a good example sentence for electrifying, no, because it's very hard to imagine how that sound could have such a powerful effect on a listener.

Try again. Remember that electrifying is a very strong word. Imagine how you might feel with 240 Volts of electricity coursing through your body.

I have heard electrifying used about music performances a lot. So I thought it could apply here since the sound of rain is music.

 

[jutfrank]

Yes, but the word would be appropriate only to music of a certain quality, not to all music.

 

[Tarheel]

It's OK - I can't stop you from saying that, so go right ahead.


I think calming and refreshing is a more compatible pair than electrifying and refreshing. (Perhaps I should have said something like that sooner, but I hadn't thought of it. Not quite.)

 

[Tdol]

Sort of. We don't get a lot of rain at this time of the year.

I would say the music of the rain.

 

[Tarheel]

I would say the music of the rain.

You're a poet, and I didn't know it.
:-D

 

[Tdol]

Only on Tuesdays.

 

[GoesStation]

Your toes show it. They're Tennysons. ;-)

(Learners: I'm mangling a stupid old witticism here. Can you guess which poet's name it's supposed to use?)