thundercloud
A large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing…A large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning.
» Dark thunderclouds are gathering in the sky.
Am Himmel ziehen dunkle Gewitterwolken auf.
На небе собираются тёмные грозовые тучи.
Meaning
2 sensesA large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning.
Gewitterwolke
грозова́яgrozovája
a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms
(broadly, figuratively)Something menacing and brooding.
the ominous thunderclouds of war
Examples
2 sentencesDark thunderclouds are gathering in the sky.
ruНа небе собираются тёмные грозовые тучи. — Wezel
deAm Himmel ziehen dunkle Gewitterwolken auf. — slomox
A foreboding thundercloud formed in the sky.
Translations
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Origin
From thunder + cloud.From thunder + cloud.
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Forms
plural: thunderclouds| Singular | thundercloud |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms:cumulonimbuscumulonimbus cloud