On the moon Io, a volcano erupted, spewing molten lava and sulfurous gases.
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Sulfurous
//ˈsʌlfəɹəs//
Synonyms for "sulfurous" (86 found)
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4 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- сернист adj (of or relating to sulfur)
Catalan
1 entries- sulfurós adj (containing sulfur)
Finnish
2 entries- rikki adj (of or relating to sulfur)
- rikkipitoinen adj (containing sulfur)
French
1 entries- sulfureux adj (containing sulfur)
Ido
2 entries- sulfala adj (of or relating to sulfur)
- sulfoza adj (containing sulfur)
Italian
2 entries- solfifero adj (containing sulfur)
- solforoso adj (of or relating to sulfur)
Latin
1 entries- sulfureus adj (containing sulfur)
Manx
2 entries- sulfuragh adj (containing sulfur)
- sulfuragh adj (of or relating to sulfur)
Persian
2 entries- گوگردی adj (containing sulfur)
- گوگردی adj (of or relating to sulfur)
Portuguese
4 entries- sulfuroso adj (containing sulfur)
- sulfuroso adj (of or relating to sulfur)
- sulfúreo adj (of or relating to sulfur)
- sulfúrico adj (of or relating to sulfur)
Romanian
1 entries- sulfuros adj (containing sulfur)
Russian
2 entries- се́рный adj (of or relating to sulfur)
- серни́стый adj (containing sulfur)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- pronnasgach adj (of or relating to sulfur)
- pronnasgail adj (containing sulfur)
Spanish
2 entries- sulfuroso adj (containing sulfur)
- sulfuroso adj (of or relating to sulfur)
Turkish
1 entries- kükürtlü adj (containing sulfur)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The rover lumbered on the lonely sulfurous ground of the volcanic moon Io.
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It must be so—I will arise and waken The multitude, and like a sulphurous hill, Which on a sudden from its snows had shaken The swoon of ages, it shall burst, and fill The world with cleansing fire; it must, it will— It may not be restrained!
Source: wiktionary
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