Thunderous vs Intonate - What's the difference?
thunderous | intonate |
Very loud; suggestive of thunder; thundersome
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*:But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
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, title= To intone; to utter.
To thunder or to utter in a sonorous or thunderous voice.Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed., 1989.''An American Dictionary of the English Language , by , 1828.
To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practise the sol-fa.
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As an adjective thunderous
is very loud; suggestive of thunder; thundersome.As a verb intonate is
to intone; to utter.thunderous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd, passage=After the hour mark, events in Manchester were almost becoming a distraction such was the thunderous cheer from the United fans to greet QPR taking their unlikely lead against City.}}
Derived terms
* (l)intonate
English
Verb
(intonat)- (Bailey)