thundering
[noun]
Synonyms: thunder, thunderclap, thundercrack

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thundering adjective & adverb. ['Ɵʌnd(ǝ)rɪŋ] M16.
[from THUNDER verb + -ING².]
A. adjective.
1. That thunders (lit. & fig.); (of sound) as loud as thunder. M16.
■ W. Sheed Belloc's thundering affirmations gave..Ward something to march to.

2. Very energetic or forcible, violent. Now esp. very great or big, excessive, immense. colloq. E17.
Handgunner Once again, it was a thundering success.
b. adverb. Excessively, immensely, exceedingly. colloq. E19.
Independent [Sowerbutts] was, as Geoffrey Smith puts it, 'a thundering good gardener'.

■ thunderingly adverb L17.

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thundering noun. ['Ɵʌnd(ǝ)rɪŋ] OE.
[from THUNDER verb + -ING¹.]
1. The action of THUNDER verb; arch. an instance of this, a clap of thunder. OE.

2. (An utterance or instance of) vehement threatening, invective, or censure. M16.

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