thundering — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.

2. Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous.

3. Very great; extraordinary.

   Usage

   • Colloquial

   Examples

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

Adverb

1. Very great; extraordinarily.

   Usage

   • Colloquial

   Examples

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

Noun

1. A loud percussive sound, like thunder.

   Examples

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

2. A thunderstorm.

   Usage

   • Archaic

Adjective

1. sounding like thunder

   Examples

   the thundering herd

2. extraordinarily big or impressive

   Examples

   a thundering success

   the thundering silence of what was left unsaid