thunderyadj.
/ˈθʌndəri/ 1. Of or pertaining to thunder; characterized by or betokening thunder.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [adjective] > thunder
thundering1530
thunderous1582
thundery1605
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 495 When angry..he throwes downe thundry stormes.
1682 J. Hooke Minute 3 May (Hooke Folio Online) 602 In thundery weather he [sc. Mr. Hooke] supposed..hott sulphuerous steams Issued out of the earth which caused the sultriness that preceeded.
1775 G. White in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 267 This bird [the Swift] is never so much alive as in sultry, thundry weather.
1894 Daily News 4 July 5/4 The sky..covered with heavy clouds of a very thundery type.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective]
loud971
stithc1000
strongOE
greata1375
stiff1377
wrastc1400
boistousc1430
stourc1440
big1549
routing1567
thundering?1576
full-mouthed1594
thunderous1606
tonitruous1606
thundery1608
trump-like1609
full-mouth1624
voluminousa1635
rousing1640
altisonous1661
lusty1672
tonitrual1693
rending1719
trumpet-like1814
foudroyant1840
clarion1842
trumpeting1850
trumpet-toned1851
loudish1860
tonitruant1861
tonant1891
thunderful1898
high1923
wham-bam1960
1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 131 As a Cannon's thundrie roaring Ball.
3. figurative. Threatening an explosion of anger or passion; gloomy, frowning.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adjective] > specifically of aspect, etc.
louringa1450
ominousa1593
loury1686
to look black1709
squally1814
thundery1824
thunderous1844
1824 S. Ferrier Inheritance II. xii. 126 Mr. R.'s brow looked rather thundery.
1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches II. 556 That thundery countenance of yours.
1867 S. Wilberforce Ess. (1874) II. 85 A thundery state of the political and social atmosphere.
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