thunder
noun
[ ˈθʌndə ]
• a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air.
• "there was a crash of thunder"
Similar:
thunderclap,
thunder crack,
thunder roll,
roll of thunder,
peal of thunder,
rumble of thunder,
crack of thunder,
crash of thunder,
rumbling,
crashing,
roar,
thunderbolt,
thunder
verb
• thunder sounds.
• "it began to thunder"
• speak loudly and forcefully or angrily, especially to denounce or criticize.
• "he thundered against the evils of the age"
Similar:
protest strongly at,
make a protest against,
fulminate against,
inveigh against,
rail against,
rage against,
declaim against,
remonstrate about,
expostulate about,
make a fuss about,
speak out against,
express disapproval of,
object to,
raise objections to,
take issue with,
oppose strongly,
disagree violently with,
kick against,
take exception to,
make/take a stand against,
put up a fight against,
challenge,
curse,
condemn,
criticize severely,
denounce,
censure,
kick up a fuss/stink about,
roar,
bellow,
bark,
yell,
shout,
bawl,
howl,
cry,
clamour,
bay,
scream,
screech,
growl,
yowl,
holler,
vociferate,
ululate,
Origin:
Old English thunor (noun), thunrian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch donder and German Donner (noun), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin tonare ‘to thunder’.
