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thundering adjective [ ˈθʌnd(ə)rɪŋ ]

• making a resounding, loud, deep noise.
• "thundering waterfalls"
• extremely great, severe, or impressive.
• "a thundering bore"
Similar: enormous, huge, massive, vast, very great, tremendous, substantial, goodly, prodigious, gigantic, giant, terrific, fantastic, colossal, immense, mammoth, monumental, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, titanic, mountainous, monstrous, emphatic, roaring, decisive, conclusive, striking, impressive, outstanding, unmistakable, notable, noteworthy, memorable, remarkable, extraordinary, resounding, phenomenal, complete, unqualified, out-and-out, thorough, whopping, whopping great, thumping, mega, jumbo, humongous, monster, astronomical, dirty great, rip-roaring, whacking, whacking great, ginormous, extremely, very, really, thoroughly, exceedingly, immensely, incredibly, amazingly, remarkably, exceptionally, uncommonly, extraordinarily, perfectly, truly, simply, positive, positively, downright, unco, très, terrifically, tremendously, seriously, majorly, dreadfully, terribly, awfully, fearfully, screamingly, right, ultra, mucho, stonking, socking, oh-so, madly, damn, damned, blasted, flaming, confoundedly, jolly, hellish, bloody, blooming,

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’.


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