thundery


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Adj.1.thundery - loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
loud - characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones"
2.thundery - accompanied with thunder
stormy - (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas"
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Translations
مَصْحُوبٌ بِرَعْديُهَدِّدُ بالرَّعْد
bouřkový
trykkende
ukkos-
s grmljavinom
sem veit á òrumuveîur
雷鳴を伴った
험악한
åskig
เสียงและลักษณะแบบฟ้าร้อง
gök gürültülügök gürleyeceğini gösteren
dông tố

thundery

[ˈθʌndərɪ] ADJ [weather, shower, sky] → tormentoso
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thundery

[ˈθʌndəri] adjorageux/euse
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thundery

adj weather, showersgewitterig
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thundery

[ˈθʌndərɪ] adj (weather) → minaccioso/a, da temporale, temporalesco/a
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thunder

(ˈθandə) noun
1. the deep rumbling sound heard in the sky after a flash of lightning. a clap/peal of thunder; a thunderstorm.
2. a loud rumbling. the thunder of horses' hooves.
verb
1. to sound, rumble etc. It thundered all night.
2. to make a noise like thunder. The tanks thundered over the bridge.
ˈthundering adjective
very great. a thundering idiot.
ˈthunderous adjective
like thunder. a thunderous noise.
ˈthunderously adverb
ˈthundery adjective
warning of, or likely to have or bring, thunder. thundery clouds/weather.
ˈthunderbolt noun
1. a flash of lightning immediately followed by thunder.
2. a sudden great surprise. Her arrival was a complete thunderbolt.
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thundery

مَصْحُوبٌ بِرَعْد bouřkový trykkende gewittrig θυελλώδης tormentoso ukkos- orageux s grmljavinom temporalesco 雷鳴を伴った 험악한 onweerachtig tordenlignende burzowy trovejante грозовой åskig เสียงและลักษณะแบบฟ้าร้อง gök gürültülü dông tố 有雷的
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References in classic literature ?
After the rain it was too wet to go for a walk; besides, the storm clouds still hung about the horizon, and gathered here and there, black and thundery. on the rim of the sky.
Both the world of fashion and the Court of Chancery are things of precedent and usage: oversleeping Rip Van Winkles who have played at strange games through a deal of thundery weather; sleeping beauties whom the knight will wake one day, when all the stopped spits in the kitchen shall begin to turn prodigiously!
I said to myself there was something thundery and changeful in the weather, and little knew of what a vast importance that should prove to me before the evening passed.
She stood at the open door, staggering herself with this enigma, on a rainy, thundery evening.
As Father Brown passed through the dim garden and came under the shadow of the chateau, the clouds were thick and the whole air damp and thundery. Against the last stripe of the green-gold sunset he saw a black human silhouette; a man in a chimney-pot hat, with a big spade over his shoulder.
Thundery rain and strong winds are expected in some places by Tuesday afternoon, the Qatar Met department has said.
The forecast said: "Today there may be some dry and sunny periods early on,but heavy and thundery showers are expectedon and off today.
And while the alerts had all expired by 6am this morning, the national forecaster said more thundery showers are on the way.
Showery rain is expected to spread northeastwards tomorrow, some heavy and thundery. A risk of further heavy, thundery showers Monday and Tuesday, but also sunny spells.
Meteorologist Simon Partridge said: "There is the potential for some thundery and heavy rain on Tuesday and Wednesday.