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thundering¹

Where it comes from

From Middle English thonderynge, þoundryng, equivalent to thunder + -ing.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of thunder ...Mr. Crofts (that was the name of my brute) was gone out of the house, after waiting till he had tired his patience for Mrs. Brown's return, they came thundering up-stairs...

adjective more thundering · most thundering

  1. Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.
  2. Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous.
  3. colloquial Very great; extraordinary. “I think it had a thundering lot to do with the story I am considering now,” said Father Brown.

adverb more thundering · most thundering

  1. colloquial Very great; extraordinarily. "As long as there are any of us left sound and healthy we've got a chance - a thundering good chance."

thundering²

Where it comes from

From Middle English thundryng, þondring, from Old English þunring (“thundering; thunder”), equivalent to thunder + -ing.

noun thunderings

  1. A loud percussive sound, like thunder. I listened while God seemed to speak through the thunderings of the great cataract before me.
  2. archaic A thunderstorm.

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adj of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder

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@misc{thundering_2026,
  title = {thundering},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thundering},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}