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[ adjective ] sounding like thunder

Examples

"the thundering herd"

Used in print

(Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)

Emerson - Platonist , idealist , doctrinaire - sounded a high Transcendental note in his `` Boston_Hymn '' , delivered in 1863 in the Boston Music_Hall amidst thundering applause : `` Pay ransom to the owner and fill the bag to the brim .

Related terms

noisy

2
[ adjective ] extraordinarily big or impressive

Examples

"a thundering success" "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid"

Related terms

impressive

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