thundering

1. 1.

   sounding like thunder

   “the thundering herd”

   Similarnoisy
2. 2.

   extraordinarily big or impressive

   “a thundering success”

   “the thundering silence of what was left unsaid”

   Similarimpressive

Questions about thundering

What does thundering mean?

thundering means "sounding like thunder". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thundering?

thundering has 3 syllables: thun-de-ring. The stress falls on "thun". In IPA it is /ˈθʌndɚɪŋ/.

Is thundering a common word?

thundering is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.