"thunderous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈθʌn.dəɹ.əs/ Audio: en-au-thunderous.ogg [Australia] Forms: more thunderous [comparative], most thunderous [superlative]
Etymology: thunder + -ous Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|thunder|ous}} thunder + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} thunderous (comparative more thunderous, superlative most thunderous)
  1. Very loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury. Derived forms: thunderously Translations (very loud; suggestive of thunder): гърмящ (gǎrmjašt) (Bulgarian), оглушителен (oglušitelen) (Bulgarian), буреносен (burenosen) (Bulgarian), tondra (Esperanto), jyrisevä (Finnish), tonitruant (French), donnernd (German), tonitruante (Italian), tonante (Italian), 우레 같은 (ure gateun) (Korean), tonitrālis (Latin), громовой (gromovoj) (Russian), оглушительный (oglušitelʹnyj) (Russian), грозовой (grozovoj) (Russian), предвещающий грозу (predveščajuščij grozu) (Russian), atronador [masculine] (Spanish), tonante (Spanish), tonitronante (Spanish), tronitoso [masculine] (Spanish), estruendoso [masculine] (Spanish), tronitonante (Spanish), tonitruante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-thunderous-en-adj-nvxKVpwR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous

Alternative forms

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