tonitrualadj.
/təʊˈnɪtruːəl/ rare.
Pertaining to, or loaded with, thunder.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective]
loud971
stithc1000
strongOE
greata1375
stiff1377
wrastc1400
boistousc1430
stourc1440
big1549
routing1567
thundering?1576
full-mouthed1594
thunderous1606
tonitruous1606
thundery1608
trump-like1609
full-mouth1624
voluminousa1635
rousing1640
altisonous1661
lusty1672
tonitrual1693
rending1719
trumpet-like1814
foudroyant1840
clarion1842
trumpeting1850
trumpet-toned1851
loudish1860
tonitruant1861
tonant1891
thunderful1898
high1923
wham-bam1960
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. li. 418 They may..charging those Tonitrual Guns afresh, turn the whole force of that Artillery against ourselves.
Derivatives
toˈnitruant adj. /ˈtɒnɪtrənt/ (less regularly tonitrant) [ < late Latin tonitruānt-em, present participle of tonitruāre to thunder (Vulgate Psalm lxxvi.)] thundering (figurative).
/ˈtɒnɪtrənt/ (less regularly tonitrant) [ < late Latin tonitruānt-em, present participle of tonitruāre to thunder (Vulgate Psalm lxxvi.)] thundering (figurative).ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective]
loud971
stithc1000
strongOE
greata1375
stiff1377
wrastc1400
boistousc1430
stourc1440
big1549
routing1567
thundering?1576
full-mouthed1594
thunderous1606
tonitruous1606
thundery1608
trump-like1609
full-mouth1624
voluminousa1635
rousing1640
altisonous1661
lusty1672
tonitrual1693
rending1719
trumpet-like1814
foudroyant1840
clarion1842
trumpeting1850
trumpet-toned1851
loudish1860
tonitruant1861
tonant1891
thunderful1898
high1923
wham-bam1960
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective]
sensiblea1393
eloquent1393
rhetoricc1450
mightya1500
pithy1529
grave1541
pithful1548
weighty1560
sappy1563
emphatical1567
fasta1568
thwacking1567
forceful1571
enforceable1589
energetical1596
eloquious1599
sinewy1600
emphatic1602
sinewed1604
strong1604
tonitruous1606
nervose1645
nervous1663
energetic1674
energic1683
strong1685
cogent1718
lapidary1724
forcible1726
authoritative1749
terse1777
telling1819
vigorous1821
sturdy1822
tonitruant1861
meaty1874
vertebrate1882
energized1887
jawy1898
heavy1970
1861 M. Collins in Temple Bar I. 576 Tonitrant writer in leading journal.
1907 Times 5 Sept. 8/1 Mr. Asche's robust personality and tonitruant style.
toˈnitruate v. (less regularly ˈtonitrate) [late Latin tonitruāre: see -ate suffix3] to thunder (intransitive and transitive).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (transitive)] > loudly or noisily
tonitruate1623
clamour1856
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > utter loudly or angrily
yeiea1225
call?c1250
soundc1374
ringa1400
upcasta1400
barkc1440
resound?c1525
blustera1535
brawl1563
thunder1592
out-thunder?1611
peal1611
tonitruate1623
intonatea1631
mouth1700
rip1828
boom1837
explode1839
clamour1856
blare1859
foghorn1886
megaphone1901
gruff1925
loudmouth1931
woof1934
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > [verb (intransitive)] > of thunder
thundera1000
tonitruate1623
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [verb (intransitive)] > thunder
it thundersc888
tonitruate1623
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Tonitrate, to thunder.
1630 T. Randolph Panegyr. to Shirley's Gratef. Serv. Pref. Verses I cannot fulminate nor tonitruate words To puzzle intellects.
1656 S. Holland Don Zara ii. iii. 85 This potent..Incantation..was no sooner uttered by the Inchantress, but it tonitruated horribly.
1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus iv. 42 Winds and rumblings..whose tonitruating noise might have been heard at a great distance.
tonitruˈation n. thundering (in quot. 1689, ? explosion, or ? = fulmination n. 2).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [noun] > loud sound or noise
chirma800
dina1000
utas1202
noise?c1225
nurthc1225
dinninga1400
glama1400
glavera1400
reer?a1400
reirdc1400
dunch1440
steveningc1440
rebound1457
bruit?1473
alarm1489
yell1509
gild?a1513
shout?a1513
reveriea1522
routa1522
thundering1560
rumouringc1563
dinrie?1566
rear1567
fray1568
thunder-crack1595
thunder1600
fanfarea1605
fragor1605
clamour1606
thunder-clap1610
obstrepency1623
tonitruation1658
randana1661
clarion1667
leden1674
bluster1724
salvoa1734
ding1750
row1753
tonance1778
dunder1780
chang1788
blare1807
flare1815
detonation1830
trump1848
trumpeting1850
foghorn1875
yammer1932
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [noun] > thunder
thunderc950
thunderinga1100
tonitruation1658
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Tonitruation (Lat.), a thundring.
1689 G. Harvey Art of curing Dis. by Expectation xvii. 132 Minerals are to be disrobed of their Venom..by Tonitruation, Sublimation [etc.].
ˈtonitruˌone n. a device for imitating thunder (see quot.).
ΚΠ
1909 Times 13 Feb. 8/1 The ‘tonitruone’,..a piece of iron fastened to a wooden frame and shaken by hand, produces a strange thunderous sound—and is of M. Paderewski's own invention.
toˈnitruous adj. (less regularly ˈtonitrous) full of or characterized by thunder, loud noise, or violent utterance; thundery; thundering.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective]
loud971
stithc1000
strongOE
greata1375
stiff1377
wrastc1400
boistousc1430
stourc1440
big1549
routing1567
thundering?1576
full-mouthed1594
thunderous1606
tonitruous1606
thundery1608
trump-like1609
full-mouth1624
voluminousa1635
rousing1640
altisonous1661
lusty1672
tonitrual1693
rending1719
trumpet-like1814
foudroyant1840
clarion1842
trumpeting1850
trumpet-toned1851
loudish1860
tonitruant1861
tonant1891
thunderful1898
high1923
wham-bam1960
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective]
sensiblea1393
eloquent1393
rhetoricc1450
mightya1500
pithy1529
grave1541
pithful1548
weighty1560
sappy1563
emphatical1567
fasta1568
thwacking1567
forceful1571
enforceable1589
energetical1596
eloquious1599
sinewy1600
emphatic1602
sinewed1604
strong1604
tonitruous1606
nervose1645
nervous1663
energetic1674
energic1683
strong1685
cogent1718
lapidary1724
forcible1726
authoritative1749
terse1777
telling1819
vigorous1821
sturdy1822
tonitruant1861
meaty1874
vertebrate1882
energized1887
jawy1898
heavy1970
1606 W. Drummond Let. 28 June in Wks. (1711) 233 Most tonitruous, astonishing Chevaliers, Re-know ye, that we..do allow you this for Answer.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. v. 88 This tonnitruous and fulminating report of gunnes.
a1704 T. Brown Walk round London in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 64 By whom Billingsgate was much outdone in..tonitrous Verbosity, and malicious Scurrility.
1882 J. Nichol Amer. Lit. ii. 51 Increase [Mather] had a tonitruous cogency in his perorations.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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