thunderation

[ thuhn-duh-rey-shuhn ]

interjection

1. an exclamation of surprise or petulance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thunderation¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; thunder + -ation

Example Sentences

I hoped thunderation wasn’t on a list of forbidden words.

From Literature

“Well, if it’s so common, what are you two all 'thunderation' about?”

From Literature

Some word which sounded very much like "thunderation" escaped his lips, but he said no more, for he saw in the sleeping woman's face a look he never mistook.

From Project Gutenberg

Man alive—it were a thunderation bull elephant, and I slipped outer the bush and bolted for hum with Harkins’s yell a-ringing in my ears.

From Project Gutenberg

You know what it is to be waked all of a sudden out of a sleep a full mile from the sea by the smacking crash of a great wave, and there I was in the very thick of the thunderation, with the big black breakers swishing out of the dark like a movin’ wall, and jus’ leapin’ agin the rock as though they were bent on sweeping it away.

From Project Gutenberg