thundering[noun]Synonyms: thunder, thunderclap, thundercrack
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thundering adjective & adverb.
['Ɵʌnd(ǝ)rɪŋ] M16.[from THUNDER verb + -ING2.]A. adjective.
1. That thunders (
lit. &
fig.); (of sound) as loud as thunder.
M16.■ W. Sheed Belloc's thundering affirmations gave..Ward something to march to.2. Very energetic or forcible, violent. Now
esp. very great or big, excessive, immense.
colloq. E17.Handgunner Once again, it was a thundering success.b. adverb. Excessively, immensely, exceedingly.
colloq. E19.Independent [Sowerbutts] was, as Geoffrey Smith puts it, 'a thundering good gardener'. ■ thunderingly adverb L17. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲
thundering noun.
['Ɵʌnd(ǝ)rɪŋ] OE.[from THUNDER verb + -ING1.]1. The action of
THUNDER verb;
arch. an instance of this, a clap of thunder.
OE.2. (An utterance or instance of) vehement threatening, invective, or censure.
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