sulphurous
pronunciation
How to pronounce sulphurous in British English:
UK ['sʌlfərəs]
How to pronounce sulphurous in American English:
US [ˈsʌlfərəs, -fjɚ-, sʌlˈfjʊrəs]
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- Adjective:
- harsh or corrosive in tone
- characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
Word Origin
- sulphurous (adj.)
- see sulfurous.
Example
- 1. Saudi oil is generally more dense and sulphurous than the libyan crude it will replace .
- 2. But nature has also formed astonishing sights , including volcanic peaks , subtropical forests and sulphurous lakes .
- 3. Indeed , there is so much molten lava and sulphurous ash around that some of the world 's biggest companies have been covered in it .
- 4. Further west still was bumpass hell , an inferno of bubbling , sulphurous mud and water , with plumes of steam rising up through the delicate crust surrounding the cauldrons .
- 5. It is a month after the earthquake , but this hilly resort of gurgling brooks and sulphurous steam looks untouched by the 20th century , let alone by the recent grinding of tectonic plates .