thundery
/ˈθʌndəri/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of weather: stormy, with thunder and lightning.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of thunder.
adj
Example Sentences
- "She stood at the open door, staggering herself with this enigma, on a rainy, thundery evening."
- "The only real objection to peacocks, under ordinary conditions, is the discordance of their cries, especially in thundery weather, when they scream in answer to every thunder-clap."
Etymology
From thunder + -y.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more thundery (comparative)
most thundery (superlative)