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thunderous

 adjective
     
Related topics: Textures, Sounds
thun‧der‧ous
1CS extremely loud:
His speech was greeted with thunderous applause.
2 looking or sounding very angry:
a thunderous voice
—thunderously adverb
WORD FOCUS: loud WORD FOCUS: loud
similar words: noisy, booming, raucous, rowdy
extremely loud: deafening, earsplitting, thunderous

➔ See also loud
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