as in loud
marked by a high volume of sound
the last thunderous chord of the symphony rang throughout the hall
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Recent Examples of thunderous
His first bucket, though, was a thunderous slam on a coast-to-coast.
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
Your thunderous laugh, the bear hugs, our chats about love, family and life.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 21 July 2025
And so there are a lot of stories out there of people who heard the thunderous roar that morning, July the 16th 1945.
—Taylor Wilson, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Seattle Mariners catcher and this season's MLB home run leader Cal Raleigh rose to the occasion to take home the victorious trophy and chain with a thunderous performance.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
Your thunderous laugh, the bear hugs, our chats about love, family and life.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 21 July 2025
And so there are a lot of stories out there of people who heard the thunderous roar that morning, July the 16th 1945.
—Taylor Wilson, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Seattle Mariners catcher and this season's MLB home run leader Cal Raleigh rose to the occasion to take home the victorious trophy and chain with a thunderous performance.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thunderous
Adjective
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Noise level Pet fountains are never completely silent, but some are louder than others.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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For years loud car exhausts, stereos and late-night partying in the downtown corridor have been at the center of complaints.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Yet given the league and many of its most prominent players' presence in social justice efforts, their silence around the violence being fueled by Rwanda and the UAE is all the more deafening.—
Nuri Kino,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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That visual message was audibly reinforced at a deafening level as the crowd cheered their neighbors who spoke against the proposal and booed a NIPSCO official and other business leaders who spoke in favor of it.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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This is otherwise a plodding, disenchanting experience that adds some more roaring dinosaurs in exchange for any memorable characters or narrative stakes.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
4 July 2025
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This familiarity with the Wyoming wilderness perhaps explains why the game feels so authentic: Its roaring orange sunsets, powder-blue skies, lush green pines, and trickling turquoise waters.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Although it can be characterized by a ringing, pulsing, buzzing, hissing or squealing sound, audiologists say the source of the condition lies in the brain's neural networks.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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But with a will Strike all your harps and set them ringing; On hill and heath Let every breath Throw all its power into singing!—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
25 Dec. 2024
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“Thunderous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thunderous. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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