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thundrous

thundrous is the obsolete form of thunderous.

Meaning of thunderous

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

Forms of thundrous

comparativemore thundrous
superlativemost thundrous

Words formed from thundrous

Questions about thundrous

What is thundrous the obsolete form of?
Thundrous is the obsolete form of thunderous.

Words near thundrous in the dictionary

  1. thunderworm
  2. thunderworms
  3. thundery
  4. Thundridge
  5. thundring
  6. thundrous
  7. thundrously
  8. Thune
  9. Thunes
  10. thungrier
  11. thungriest

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