thundercloud
Americannoun
noun
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a towering electrically charged cumulonimbus cloud associated with thunderstorms
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anything that is threatening
Etymology
Origin of thundercloud
Example Sentences
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A honeybee swarm has as much electric charge as a thundercloud, and the insects’ mass movements in the atmosphere might even have some influence on the weather.
From Scientific American • Sep. 13, 2023
Jamie D. Ramsay’s cinematography casts a sullen thundercloud over exterior and interior shots alike, a child’s party balloons in one early scene appearing filled not with helium but with foreboding.
From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2022
The Independent's Helen Brown gave Skinty Fia - "a fierce, dirge-like thundercloud of ruination" - the same score.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2022
A single unexpected bolt from a rogue thundercloud can be just as deadly to an individual, or as damaging to a property, as hundreds from a complex of storms.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2022
“I don’t think anyone would care to try it, if you looked as much like a thundercloud as you do now. Why were you treated so?”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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