thundery

English

Etymology

From thunder +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθʌndəri/

Adjective

thundery (comparative more thundery, superlative most thundery)

1. Of weather: stormy, with thunder and lightning.
   • 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, “Mrs. Flintwinch Goes on Dreaming”, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, book the first (Poverty), page 254:

     She stood at the open door, staggering herself with this enigma, on a rainy, thundery evening.

   • 1920, Arthur H. Savory, Grain and Chaff from an English Manor‎^[1]:

     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.

2. Resembling or characteristic of thunder.
3. Threatening.