adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of weather: stormy, with thunder and lightning.

   "She stood at the open door, staggering herself with this enigma, on a rainy, thundery evening."

2. 2
   Resembling or characteristic of thunder.
3. 3
   Threatening.

Adjective

1. 1
   accompanied with thunder wordnet
2. 2
   loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

boomingdeafeningearsplittingearsplittingpealingroaring

Example

More examples

"Any showers today will potentially be thundery."

Etymology

From thunder + -y.

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