Thundering

adj, adv, noun, verb, slang

adj, adv, noun, verb, slang ·3 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A loud percussive sound, like thunder.

    "I listened while God seemed to speak through the thunderings of the great cataract before me."

  2. 2
    A thunderstorm. archaic
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of thunder form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "...Mr. Crofts (that was the name of my brute) was gone out of the house, after waiting till he had tired his patience for Mrs. Brown's return, they came thundering up-stairs..."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.
  2. 2
    Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous.
  3. 3
    Very great; extraordinary. colloquial

    "“I think it had a thundering lot to do with the story I am considering now,” said Father Brown."

Adjective
  1. 1
    extraordinarily big or impressive wordnet
  2. 2
    sounding like thunder wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Very great; extraordinarily. colloquial

    ""As long as there are any of us left sound and healthy we've got a chance - a thundering good chance.""

Synonyms

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anathemabanbangingblasphemyboombooming

Antonyms

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quiet

Example

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"The day was stormy, and what was worse still, it was thundering."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English thonderynge, þoundryng, equivalent to thunder + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English thundryng, þondring, from Old English þunring (“thundering; thunder”), equivalent to thunder + -ing.

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