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thundery

/ˈθʌndəri/

thundery adjective: of weather: stormy, with thunder and lightning.

Adjective

thundery (comparative more thundery, superlative most thundery)

  1. Of weather: stormy, with thunder and lightning.
    • She stood at the open door, staggering herself with this enigma, on a rainy, thundery evening.1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, “Mrs. Flintwinch Goes on Dreaming”, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, 1st book (Poverty), page 254
    • The only real objection to peacocks, under ordinary conditions, is the discordance of their cries, especially in thundery weather, when they scream in answer to every thunder-clap.1920, Arthur H. Savory, Grain and Chaff from an English Manor
  2. Resembling or characteristic of thunder.
  3. Threatening.

Forms of thundery

comparativemore thundery
superlativemost thundery

Origin of thundery

From thunder + -y.

Questions about thundery

What does thundery mean?
Thundery means of weather: stormy, with thunder and lightning.
What part of speech is thundery?
Thundery is an adjective.
How do you pronounce thundery?
Thundery is pronounced /ˈθʌndəri/.

Words near thundery in the dictionary

  1. thunderwood
  2. thunderword
  3. thunderwords
  4. thunderworm
  5. thunderworms
  6. thundery
  7. Thundridge
  8. thundring
  9. thundrous
  10. thundrously
  11. Thune

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