different between shenanigans vs thunderous

English

Etymology

shenanigan +? -s.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???næn??(?)nz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???næn???nz/, /-??nz/
• Hyphenation: she?na?ni?gans

Noun

shenanigans pl (normally plural, singular shenanigan)

1. (uncountable) Mischievous play, especially by children. [from mid 19th c.]
2. (uncountable) Deceitful tricks; trickery, games. [from mid 19th c.]
3. (countable) plural of shenanigan.

Synonyms

• (mischievous play): high jinks, hijinks
• (deceitful tricks): dirty tricks, hornswoggling, skulduggery

Derived terms

• shenaniganry, shenaniganery
• shenans (very colloquial)

Translations

Further reading

• shenanigans (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

thunder +? -ous

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???n.d??.?s/

Adjective

thunderous (comparative more thunderous, superlative most thunderous)

1. Very loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury.

   • 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.

   • 1932, Frank Richards, "The Complete Outsider", The Magnet:

     Mr Quelch, with a thunderous brow, marched on.

Derived terms

• thunderously

Translations