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thunderous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈθan.də.ɹəs/ (Australia)
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• /ˈθʌn.dɚ.əs/ (Canada, US)
• /ˈθʌn.də.ɹəs/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English thunder Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English thunderous From thunder + -ous.

Meanings

1. Very loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury.
   • 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. 2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
   • 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. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
   • Mr Quelch, with a thunderous brow, marched on. 1932, Frank Richards, “The Complete Outsider”, in The Magnet:
   • He inflated his chest, twirled his moustache, and thumped the table with a revulsion to thunderous indignation. 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 85:
   • I remember the sudden drop in the note of the station bell, as we roar through, perhaps with 16 coaches; sweep up to milepost 9½, and then, with increasing thunder from the exhaust, fairly rush the fells at Milnthorpe at the foot of the climb to Grayrigg, until the steady thunderous beat re-echoes past Mosedale Hall, still at 40 m.p.h. 1955 April, W. J. Alcock, “Unforgettable Moments”, in Railway Magazine, page 271:

Forms

Deriveds

thunderousness · thunderously

Translations (24)

it tonitruante (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · es tronitronante (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · it tonante (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · la tonitrālis (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · es tronitoso (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · ko 우레 같은 (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · eo tondra (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · es tonitronante (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · ru предвещающий грозу (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · bg оглушителен (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · es atronador (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · mk громогласен (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · fi jyrisevä (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · bg буреносен (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · ru оглушительный (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · de donnernd (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · es estruendoso (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · fr tonitruant (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · es tonitruante (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · es tonante (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · bg гърмящ (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · ru грозовой (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · ru громовой (very loud; suggestive of thunder) · es atronante (very loud; suggestive of thunder)