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Vinony

thundering

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From Middle English thonderynge, þoundryng, equivalent to thunder + -ing.

  1. Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.
  2. Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous.
  3. Very great; extraordinary.

    ““I think it had a thundering lot to do with the story I am considering now,” said Father Brown.”

adv

Etymology: From Middle English thonderynge, þoundryng, equivalent to thunder + -ing.

  1. Very great; extraordinarily.

    “"As long as there are any of us left sound and healthy we've got a chance - a thundering good chance."”

noun

Etymology: From Middle English thundryng, þondring, from Old English þunring (“thundering; thunder”), equivalent to thunder + -ing.

  1. A loud percussive sound, like thunder.

    “I listened while God seemed to speak through the thunderings of the great cataract before me.”

  2. A thunderstorm.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English thonderynge, þoundryng, equivalent to thunder + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of thunder

    “...Mr. Crofts (that was the name of my brute) was gone out of the house, after waiting till he had tired his patience for Mrs. Brown's return, they came thundering up-stairs...”