Sulphurous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of sulfurous. UK, alt-of, alternative

    ""The Northern Heights at last," you say to yourself, hastily closing the carriage window because the Yorkshire coal used by the Eastern Region and its predecessors makes their tunnels more sulphurous than any we know."

Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by oppressive heat and humidity wordnet
  2. 2
    harsh or corrosive in tone wordnet
  3. 3
    of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur wordnet

Synonyms

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acerbacerbicacidacridbitterblistering

Example

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"We mark the dazzling meteor in its flight / glide o'er the roof, till, vanished from our eyes, / it hides in Ida's forest, shining bright / and furrowing out a pathway through the skies, / and round us far and wide the sulphurous fumes arise."

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sulphurous acid

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