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thundercloud
[ thuhn-der-kloud ]
thundercloud
/ ˈθʌndəˌklaʊd /
noun
- a towering electrically charged cumulonimbus cloud associated with thunderstorms
- anything that is threatening
thundercloud
/ thŭn′dər-kloud′ /
- See cumulonimbus
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thundercloud1
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Example Sentences
For a moment, the gray plane recalled a thundercloud against the clear blue sky.
So he would have run on forever had not Richard thrust him away and gone in to Musa, with a face dark as a thundercloud.
You know the look he had whenever anything like a thundercloud came up in the sky.
Every one else was smiling and Joe's frown stood out like a black thundercloud in a clear blue sky.
Havill was standing at one end, as gloomy as a thundercloud, and at the other was the unfortunate creditor with his hat on.
Everybody was laughing but the bride, and she looked like a thundercloud.
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