sulfurous

adjective

Definition of sulfurousnext
as in infernal

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Recent Examples of sulfurous As a boy growing up in Port Arthur, Texas, an oil refinery town of sulfurous air, Rauschenberg often wore clothes his mother had patched together from assorted fabric scraps. — Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026 Rescue teams spent four hours navigating the Hardah Dam crater’s steep, rocky terrain and hot sulfurous lake before divers recovered his body roughly 100 feet below the surface. — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026 Garlic and Shallots Garlic and shallots also emit strong, sulfurous odors effective against a wider range of insect pests including aphids, mites, caterpillars, armyworms, moths, beetles, and whiteflies. — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 3 May 2026 Neither rocky with a thick hydrogen atmosphere nor an ocean world, L 98-59 d might occupy a new class of molten, sulfurous exoplanet, according to a study in Nature Astronomy. — K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sulfurous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sulfurous
  1. infernal
  2. hellish
  3. chthonic
Adjective
  • Four years later in Italy, the waterworks went again, as those infernal penalty kicks tripped us up against West Germany in the semifinal.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
  • Linda Cardellini offers up a killer breakdown to the roaring chorus of the lawn guy’s infernal leaf blower.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of infernal
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  • It’s been a hellish week across South Florida.
    — Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026
  • Others have been wounded, detained by military forces or stuck at sea in hellish conditions.
    — Joanne Stocker, CBS News, 16 June 2026
Definition of hellish
Adjective
  • Greek myths feature dozens of chthonic divinities and forces.
    — Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
  • But Lloyd is less interested in the specifics of either work than in the chthonic rage underneath.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of chthonic

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