Thunderous

Quick meaning: Thunderous is an adjective meaning Very loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury.

Meaning

Very loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury.

Example Sentences

Mr Quelch, with a thunderous brow, marched on.

He inflated his chest, twirled his moustache, and thumped the table with a revulsion to thunderous indignation.

After the hour mark, events in Manchester were almost becoming a distraction such was the thunderous cheer from the United fans to greet QPR taking their unlikely lead against City.

But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.

Synonyms for thunderous

Depending on context, synonyms include earsplitting, loud, roaring, deafening, unpropitious, thundery.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include thundery, loud, earsplitting, roaring, deafening, unpropitious.

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