thundering
Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunderOf, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.
» The jumbo jet touched down thundering.
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3 sensesOf, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.
sounding like thunder
Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous.
(colloquial)Very great; extraordinary.
Examples
13 sentencesThe jumbo jet touched down thundering.
He was thundering at the door.
It's thundering, but it's not raining.
ruГром есть, а дождя нет. — marafon
deEs donnert, aber regnet nicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It's thundering, but there's no rain.
deEs donnert, aber regnet nicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Cannon fire is thundering in the distance.
deIn der Ferne donnern Kanonenschüsse. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English thonderynge, þoundryng, equivalent to thunder + -ing.From Middle English thonderynge, þoundryng, equivalent to thunder + -ing.
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Forms
more thundering, most thundering| Comparative | more thundering Lesson |
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| Superlative | most thundering Lesson |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.