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Definition of Thunderous
1. Adjective. Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss.
2. Adjective. Extremely ominous. "World events of thunderous import"
Definition of Thunderous
1. a. Producing thunder.
Definition of Thunderous
1. Adjective. Very loud; suggestive of thunder ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thunderous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thunderous
Literary usage of Thunderous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"... whereby Through thunderous stony channel serpentines A roaring fall. Here in
a monstrous cave Are breathing-holes of hell, a vast abyss Where Acheron ..."
2. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1895)
"Never, not even in the interval between the Peace of Lune'ville and the Campaign
of Austerlitz, has the air of Europe seemed more thunderous than in the ten ..."
3. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1903)
"... the Campaign of Austerlitz, has the air of Europe seemed more thunderous than
in the ten years between the Treaty of ..."
4. Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan (1917)
"... minutes" — Demonstration against City Point — Confederate ironclads badly
hammered—" Savez " Read cuts boom across the river — A thunderous night. ..."
5. The Mikado's Empire by William Elliot Griffis (1906)
"The snow had begun to melt, and, at intervals, a heavy, thunderous noise overhead
told of a huge snow-slide—the accumulation of winter sliding off. ..."
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