thunderous

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

thunderous
    adj 1: loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss [syn:
           {deafening}, {earsplitting}, {thunderous}, {thundery}]
    2: extremely ominous; "world events of thunderous import"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Thunderous \Thun"der*ous\, a. [Written also thundrous.]
   1. Producing thunder. [R.]
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            How he before the thunderous throne doth lie.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. Making a noise like thunder; sounding loud and deep;
      sonorous.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Thun"der*ous*ly}, adv.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "thunderous":
      booming, cannonading, deafening, ear-piercing, ear-rending,
      ear-splitting, earthshaking, forte, fortissimo, full, fulminating,
      loud, loud-sounding, loudish, noisy, pealing, piercing, plangent,
      resounding, ringing, roaring, rolling, rumbling, sonorous,
      stentoraphonic, stentorian, stentorious, thundering, thunderlike,
      thundery, tonitruant, tonitruous, tumultuous, volleying,
      window-rattling

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