sulphurous
[suhl-fer-uh s, suhl-fyoo r-uh s]
adjective
Origin of sulphurous
First recorded in 1520–30; spelling variant of sulfurous
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Related Words for sulphurous
demonic, malevolent, hellish, devilish, wicked, harsh, trenchant, scorching, withering, searing, sarcastic, caustic, biting, mordant, lower, accursed, confounded, cursed, damnable, diabolicalExamples from the Web for sulphurous
Contemporary Examples of sulphurous
There was a terrible, sulphurous smell, like rotten eggs, and a tremendous pressure against my chest.
Historical Examples of sulphurous
The air was saturated with the acrid and unpleasant odor of sulphurous acid.
In Search of the CastawaysJules Verne
But he was furious and sulphurous, and that is why I have changed to homeopathy.
By the morning we had got quite accustomed to the sulphurous odours.
A Girl's Ride in IcelandEthel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie
The sky was tinged with sulphurous hues, the red and the black intermixed.
A Strange Story, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Sulphurous acid destroys the colour of solution of hematine.
sulphurous
adjective
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