thundering

[thuhn-der-ing]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or accompanied by thunder.

2. producing a noise or effect like thunder.

3. very great; extraordinary.

   a thundering amount of work.

noun

1. thunder.

thundering

/ ˈθʌndərɪŋ /

adjective

1. slang,  (prenominal) very great or excessive

   a thundering idiot

Other Word Forms

• thunderingly adverb
• unthundering adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of thundering¹

before 1100; Middle English thundring, Old English thunring thunder. See thunder, -ing ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

As they entered the basement, the sound of the steam thundering into the suppression pool was overwhelming.

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This city may be small, but in 1926 it became immortal, the place where a fiesta, thundering hooves, and a novel collided to shape modern legend.

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Up and down she went, leaping from building to building, footsteps thundering behind her.

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What a perverse outcome that would be for Catholic Charities, after its thundering 9-0 victory in America’s highest court.

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Richael Keller has always been sensitive to loud commercials, but when thundering streaming-service ads disturbed her sleeping newborn, her reaction was heated enough to blaze a path to the California state Capitol.

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