Thunderous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thunderous \Thun"der*ous\, a. [Written also thundrous.]
     1. Producing thunder. [R.]
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              How he before the thunderous throne doth lie.
                                                    --Milton.


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     2. Making a noise like thunder; sounding loud and deep;
        sonorous.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Thun"der*ous*ly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thunderous
       adj 1: loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss [syn: {deafening},
               {earsplitting}, {roaring}, {thundery}]
       2: extremely ominous; "world events of thunderous import"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "thunderous":
     booming, cannonading, deafening, ear-piercing, ear-rending,
     ear-splitting, earthshaking, forte, fortissimo, full, fulminating,
     loud, loud-sounding, loudish, noisy, pealing, piercing, plangent,
     resounding, ringing, roaring, rolling, rumbling, sonorous,
     stentoraphonic, stentorian, stentorious, thundering, thunderlike,
     thundery, tonitruant, tonitruous, tumultuous, volleying,
     window-rattling