thundering

thundering
Synonyms and related words:
Donar, Indra, Jupiter Tonans, Thor, anathema, ban, banging, blasphemy, boom, booming, bumping, cannonading, commination, curse, damnation, deafening, deep, denunciation, dread rattling thunder, echo, echoic, echoing, evil eye, excommunication, execration, fulminating, fulmination, growl, growling, grumble, grumbling, hex, imprecation, intense, lingering, loud, malison, malocchio, peal of thunder, pealing, penetrating, persistent, piercing, proscription, pungent, reboant, reboation, rebound, rebounding, reecho, reechoing, reeking, repercussive, resound, resounding, reverberant, reverberating, reverberation, reverberatory, roaring, rolling, rumble, rumbling, slapping, sounding, spanking, thumping, thunder, thunderclap, thundercrack, thunderlike, thunderous, thunderpeal, thunderstorm, thunderstroke, thundery, tonitruant, tonitruous, undamped, volleying, walloping, whacking, whaling, whammy, whopping

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  • Thundering — Thun der*ing, a. 1. Emitting thunder. [1913 Webster] Roll the thundering chariot o er the ground. J. Trumbull. [1913 Webster] 2. Very great; often adverbially. [Slang] [1913 Webster] {Thun der*ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • thundering — ► ADJECTIVE 1) making a resounding, loud, deep noise. 2) informal extremely great, severe, or impressive: a thundering bore …   English terms dictionary

  • Thundering — Thun der*ing, n. Thunder. Rev. iv. 5. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • thundering — [thun′dər iŋ] adj. 1. that thunders 2. Informal very large; thumping; whopping thunderingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • Thundering — Thunder Thun der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Thundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thundering}.] [AS. [thorn]unrian. See {Thunder}, n.] 1. To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; often used impersonally; as, it… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • thundering — adjective Etymology: thundering, present participle of 2thunder Date: 1543 awesomely great, intense, or unusual • thunderingly adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • thundering — thunderingly, adv. /thun deuhr ing/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder. 2. producing a noise or effect like thunder. 3. very great; extraordinary: a thundering amount of work. n. 4. thunder. [bef. 1100; ME thundring, OE… …   Universalium

  • thundering — 1. adjective a) Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder. A thundering amount of work b) Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous 2. noun thunderstorm …   Wiktionary

  • thundering — adj. Thundering is used with these nouns: ↑herd …   Collocations dictionary

  • thundering — thun|der|ing [ θʌnd(ə)rıŋ ] adjective very loud: a thundering roar …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • thundering — adjective 1》 making a resounding, loud, deep noise. 2》 informal extremely great, severe, or impressive: a thundering bore. Derivatives thunderingly adverb …   English new terms dictionary

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