Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, derived from, or containing sulfur, especially with valence 4.
- adj. Characteristic of or emanating from burning sulfur.
- adj. Fiery; hellish.
Wiktionary
- adj. Containing sulfur.
- adj. chemistry Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its lower oxidation state.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. harsh or corrosive in tone
- adj. characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
- adj. of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur
Examples
“I sit here, all the doors and windows closed, the stereo up, the swamper rattling futilely overhead as it sucks in sulfurous smoke, wishing to drown out the noise that so delights others.”
“The old man could be painted as a creature of the past, a purveyor of old prejudices with a "sulfurous" reputation, says Marine.”
“Iran and Venezuela, which traditionally push for higher prices, have a slimmer margin of profit than some others because their oil is heavier and more sulfurous, meaning it sells for less than benchmark crude.”
“Canada's oil sands are essentially thick mixtures of sand and thick, sulfurous oil.”
“Complicating the issue is the volcanic eruption of Toba, in Sumatra, around 74,000 years ago, which injected so much sulfurous dust into the high atmosphere that it caused prolonged droughts that might have come close to wiping out many human populations.”
The Wall Street Journal: Did Early Humans Ride the Waves to Australia?
“Glass was everywhere, and a weird, sulfurous smell made me gag.”
“His original title was "Pale Blue and Green," a rather gentle description for the bleak industrial wasteland that serves not so much as the story's backdrop as its foreground: a depopulated landscape of rusted red, sulfurous yellow, gun-metal gray and sterile white.”
The Wall Street Journal: Start September With Superior Cinema
“All week long, scientists have been swapping stories about our solar system, talking about the winds and sulfurous clouds on Venus, the icy volcanoes and dunes on Titan, Saturn's largest moon; and debating how the planets and their moons and rings formed - still a bit of a mystery.”
“And at the top, the hoses would cough a sulfurous pall into the sky.”
“Martian landers found no sign of microbes in the soil, while probes to Venus crisped in that planet's sulfurous hothouse.”
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Backlog
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