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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. sounding like thunder;
- Example: "the thundering herd"

2. extraordinarily big or impressive;
- Example: "a thundering success"
- Example: "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Thunder \Thun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Thundering.] [AS. [thorn]unrian. See Thunder, n.] 1. To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously. [1913 Webster] Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? --Job xl. 9. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance. [1913 Webster] His dreadful voice no more Would thunder in my ears. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To utter violent denunciation. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Thundering \Thun"der*ing\, a. 1. Emitting thunder. [1913 Webster] Roll the thundering chariot o'er the ground. --J. Trumbull. [1913 Webster] 2. Very great; -- often adverbially. [Slang] [1913 Webster] -- Thun"der*ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Thundering \Thun"der*ing\, n. Thunder. --Rev. iv. 5. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

thundering adj 1: sounding like thunder; "the thundering herd" 2: extraordinarily big or impressive; "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid"