sulphurous
pertaining to the fires of hell; hellish or satanic.
fiery or heated.
Origin of sulphurous
1Other words from sulphurous
- sul·phur·ous·ly, adverb
- sul·phur·ous·ness, noun
- non·sul·phur·ous, adjective
Words Nearby sulphurous
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How to use sulphurous in a sentence
There was a terrible, sulphurous smell, like rotten eggs, and a tremendous pressure against my chest.
Nor did the voluble and sulphurous orders to halt that a patrol-ship flashed north.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | VariousOn the superheated surface white streaks ran like lightning in a sulphurous cloud.
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander DumasA distant but threatening thunder murmur broke from the heart of a bank of sulphurous clouds beating closely over the south.
Menotah | Ernest G. HenhamThis refrigerator is like those which we employ in our sulphurous anhydride frigorific apparatus.
Scientific American Supplement No. 299 | Various
Thus far the value of the products obtained by absorption of sulphurous acid has not been equal to the cost of producing them.
Scientific American Supplement No. 299 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for sulphurous
/ (ˈsʌlfərəs) /
Also: sulphureous of, relating to, or resembling sulphur: a sulphurous colour
of or containing sulphur with an oxidation state of 4: sulphurous acid
of or relating to hellfire
hot-tempered
Derived forms of sulphurous
- sulphurously, adverb
- sulphurousness, noun
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