THUNDEROUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thunderous mean? 

• THUNDEROUS (adjective)
  The adjective THUNDEROUS has 2 senses:

1. loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

2. extremely ominous

  Familiarity information: THUNDEROUS used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THUNDEROUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

Synonyms:

deafening; earsplitting; thunderous; thundery

Similar:

loud (characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity)

Derivation:

thunder (a deep prolonged loud noise)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Extremely ominous

Context example:

world events of thunderous import

Similar:

unpropitious (not propitious)

 Context examples 

The French soldier burst into a thunderous laugh, and his green eyes twinkled with amusement.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Instantly a thunderous shout of delight burst from them, and we saw them rise from their seats, waving their paddles and spears madly in the air.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It seemed as though the mountain range had separated two atmospheres, and that now we had got into the thunderous one.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

There was deep-mouthed shouting of men, frightened shrieks of women, howling and barking of curs, and over all a sullen, thunderous rumble, indescribably menacing and terrible.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sir Nigel was thrown down by the sheer weight of them, and Sir Bertrand with his thunderous war-cry was swinging round his heavy sword to clear a space for him to rise, when the whistle of two long English arrows, and the rush of the squire and the two English archers down the stairs, turned the tide of the combat.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)