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thundercloud

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thun·der·cloud  (thndr-kloud)
n.
1. A large dark cloud charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning; a cumulonimbus cloud.
2. Something menacing or dreadful: thunderclouds of impending war.
thundercloud [ˈθʌndəˌklaʊd]
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a towering electrically charged cumulonimbus cloud associated with thunderstorms
2. anything that is threatening
thundercloud  (thndr-kloud)
See cumulonimbus.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.thundercloudthundercloud - a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms
cumulonimbus, cumulonimbus cloud
cloud - a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
Translations
thundercloud [ˈθʌndəklaʊd] N → nube f tormentosa, nubarrón m
thundercloud [ˈθʌndərklaʊd] n → nuage m orageux
thundercloud [ˈθʌndəˌklaʊd] n → nube f temporalesca (fig) → nube minacciosa
thundercloud [ˈθʌndəˌklaʊd] n → nube f temporalesca (fig) → nube minacciosa


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As the flames of the fire hidden within come more and more vividly and rapidly from an approaching thundercloud, so, as if in opposition to what was taking place, the lightning of hidden fire growing more and more intense glowed in the faces of these men.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
A motley phantasmagoria presents itself before him, which he describes in a few satirical touches, yet without expressing his opinion openly: he tells the people enough to set them all thinking and guessing; but in order to hurt nobody, he wraps his witty oracular judgments in a transparent veil, or rather in a lurid thundercloud, shooting forth bright sparks of wit, that they may fall in the powder-magazine of the expectant audience.
Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context
I don't think anyone would care to try it, if you looked as much like a thundercloud as you do now.
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