Lightning is most spectacular element of thunderstorm. Lightning is a discharge of electricity. A single stroke of lightning can heat the air around and this extreme heat causes the air to grow very fast. The expansion creates a shock wave that turns into a rising sound wave, known as thunder.
Adjective Words to Describe Thunder
Following are some common adjective words describing thunder during heavy rain:
| approaching | heavy thunder | silent |
| artificial | highest | simultaneous |
| awful | hoarse | smothered |
| black | hollow thunder | soft |
| booming | light thunder | spiritual |
| ceaseless | live | strange |
| continuous | loudest | sudden |
| crashing | mellowed | sullen |
| deafening | melodious | sweet |
| deep | mighty | terrible thunder |
| dreadful thunder | mysterious thunder | thou |
| dull | muffled thunder | toned |
| earthly | new thunder | tremendous |
| echoing | old thunder | visible thunder |
| eternal | powerful thunder | watery |
| fierce | rising thunder | whirling |
| fold | roaring | wild |
| following | rolling | wildering |
| great thunder | shaking | winged |
| harsh thunder | short | wonderful |
Adjective Words to Describe Lightning
Following are common adjective words used for describing lightning during bad weather:
| black lightning | ominous | vindictive |
| blinding | pointed | vivid |
| blue lightning | popular | voiceless |
| bright lightning | purple | weblike |
| burning | quivering | white lightning |
| distant | rapid | wild lightning |
| fiery lightning | red | winged |
| flashing lightning | revolutionary | withering |
| flickering | scarlet | wrathful |
| forked lightning | sheeted | yellow |
| golden | soft | sworded lightning |
| greased | sped lightning | terrible |
| harmless | spiritual | tongued |
| imprisoned | stormful | tremendous |
| inward | streaked | mildest |
| lurid | sudden lightning | mute |
| matured | nimble |