thundery

[ thuhn-duh-ree ]

adjective

1. thunderous.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thundery¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; thunder + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Yesterday, one heavy thundery downpour soaked central London in five minutes, before blue skies returned.

From The Daily Beast

The gardeners had been mowing, and there was still the smell of fresh-cut grass—the thundery air kept all scents close to earth.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a brooding, thundery day, sultry and threatening—the 17th of July, according to the calendar.

From Project Gutenberg

Not one of the six maidens ever remembered a home-coming over-clouded as was Judge Fell's on that thundery afternoon of late July.

From Project Gutenberg

We have already had hot and thundery weather, but it has now become cool again.

From Project Gutenberg

Cold—dampy-cold—dry cold; warm—close-warm—breezy warm; hot, thundery hot, scorching.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• deafening
• loud
• roaring
• thundering