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thunderous

UK/ˈθʌn.də.ɹəs/US/ˈθʌn.dɚ.əs/

thunderous adjective: very loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury.

Adjective

thunderous (comparative more thunderous, superlative most thunderous)

  1. Very loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury.
    • 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...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
    • 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

thunderous meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Malayalam

thunderous in Hindi

thunderous, very loud
घनगरज ghangaraj

thunderous in Bengali

বজ্রের মতো প্রচণ্ড শব্দযুক্ত, গর্জনশীল, প্রচণ্ড

thunderous in Malayalam

very loud, booming, tumultuous
മേഘഗർജ്ജനം പോലുള്ള, ഇടിവെട്ടുപോലുള്ള, വളരെ ഉച്ചത്തിലുള്ള, ഗംഭീരശബ്ദം പുറപ്പെടുവിക്കുന്ന, ഒച്ചയേറിയ, ഉച്ചമായ

Examples of thunderous in a sentence

  • Mr Quelch, with a thunderous brow, marched on.1932, Frank Richards, “The Complete Outsider”, in The Magnet:
  • 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:

All 14 example sentences with thunderous

Forms of thunderous

comparativemore thunderous
superlativemost thunderous

Origin of thunderous

From thunder + -ous.

Words formed from thunderous

Questions about thunderous

What does thunderous mean?
Thunderous means very loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury.
What is thunderous in Hindi?
Thunderous in Hindi is घनगरज (ghangaraj). See Thunderous meaning in Hindi.
How do you use thunderous in a sentence?
Mr Quelch, with a thunderous brow, marched on.
What part of speech is thunderous?
Thunderous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce thunderous?
Thunderous is pronounced /ˈθʌn.də.ɹəs/ (UK).

Words near thunderous in the dictionary

  1. thunderlight
  2. thunderlights
  3. thunderlike
  4. thundermug
  5. thundermugs
  6. thunderous
  7. thunderously
  8. thunderousness
  9. thunderpeal
  10. thunderpeals
  11. thunderplump

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: thunderous (page history and authors); घनगरज (Hindi) (page history and authors); thunderous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thunderous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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