sulphurous
Americanadjective
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Also: sulphureous. of, relating to, or resembling sulphur
a sulphurous colour
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of or containing sulphur with an oxidation state of 4
sulphurous acid
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of or relating to hellfire
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hot-tempered
Other Word Forms
- nonsulphurous adjective
- sulphurously adverb
- sulphurousness noun
Etymology
Origin of sulphurous
First recorded in 1520–30; spelling variant of sulfurous
Vocabulary lists containing sulphurous
Example Sentences
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And the circumstances are full of the same sulphurous contention that used once to mark his every move.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025
On China's frenetic and hugely popular retail livestreams, glamorous hosts sell goods ranging from shoes and lipsticks to baby products and, increasingly, truckloads of sulphurous coal.
From Reuters • Jun. 15, 2023
From time to time the sea would flare with a soft sulphurous light where forty feet down Oiler was working with the cuttingtorch.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022
This is a great one for those for whom soda alone is too sweet: cumin and sulphurous black salt bring a savory quality, lime juice adds tartness, and the green herbs give grassy notes.
From Salon • Jun. 24, 2021
Again the blue-white scar Jagged above them and the sulphurous explosion beat down.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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