Definition of "thunderous"

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.

1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company

He inflated his chest, twirled his moustache, and thumped the table with a revulsion to thunderous indignation.

1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 85

Mr Quelch, with a thunderous brow, marched on.

1932, Frank Richards, “The Complete Outsider”, in The Magnet

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.

2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport