sulfurous

adjective

sul·fu·rous | \ ˈsəl-fə-rəs

, -fyə- also (especially for sense 1a) ˌsəl-ˈfyu̇r-əs\

variants: or chiefly British sulphurous

Definition of sulfurous

1a : of, relating to, or containing sulfur especially with a lower valence than sulfuric compounds sulfurous esters

b : resembling or emanating from sulfur and especially burning sulfur

2a : of, relating to, or dealing with the fire of hell : infernal

b : scathing, virulent sulfurous denunciations

c : profane, blasphemous sulfurous language

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Bimbo stormed into the jacks, thrummed a sulfurous piss into the gurgling trough. — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, "The Alps," 22 July 2019 The nonprofit utility company was formed in 1966 to supply water to Midway residents after reports of sulfurous well water and that many homes had outhouses near wells. — Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, "Midway residents call hundreds of new homes being built around their historic community a ‘mixed blessing’," 22 July 2019 The landscape of Kamchatka Peninsula steams with sulfurous vapor, its 29 active volcanoes forming a hazy backdrop for the region’s herds of reindeer and rivers of salmon. — Sophia Chen, WIRED, "New Analysis Techniques Unearth a Trove of Unusual Minerals," 1 July 2019 Further east is the geothermal area of Geysir, a sulfurous landscape of mud pots, mineral formations, and the spouting Strokkur geyser. — National Geographic, "Iceland Hiking Adventure," 12 June 2019 Today the caldera is home to a regional park, towns, suburbs of Naples, and a cratered surface that occasionally trembles with earthquakes and sends belches of sulfurous gas into the air. — Mary Beth Griggs, The Verge, "An Italian volcano’s massive eruptions fit a pattern — and the cycle may have restarted," 14 Nov. 2018 While the immediate area surrounding Novarupta is not populous, the 1912 eruption formed an ash cloud that rained sulfurous ash across southern Alaska and parts of Canada. — Mahita Gajanan, Time, "8 of the World’s Most Dangerous Volcanoes, According to Experts," 6 June 2018 High-velocity jets of steam, along with sulfurous volcanic fumes and small gritty rock debris, began to blow out from the pit in May of that year. — Wendell Duffield, Scientific American, "Kilauea’s Next Eruptions May Mirror a Big One in Its Past," 15 May 2018 Also, his caustic loathing of his father, David (Hugo Weaving, sulfurous and brilliant), whose ashes Patrick will collect in New York. — John Anderson, WSJ, "‘Patrick Melrose’ Review: The Right Way to Do Wrong," 10 May 2018

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