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How to pronounce sulphurous in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms stifling, sulfurous, sultry
Type Words
Synonyms sulfurous
Derivation sulphur
Type Words
Synonyms acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, virulent, vitriolic

Examples of sulphurous

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Predictably, the plum Britart prize goes to its sulphurous parent, Damien Hirst.
From the independent.co.uk
Hotels offer hot spring baths from the sulphurous waters that bubble under Beitou.
From the odt.co.nz
A string of rulings have earned the convention a sulphurous reputation in Britain.
From the economist.com
New observations of the Martian atmosphere show no trace of sulphurous fumes.
From the newscientist.com
She is in tremendous shock, and her face is covered in a sulphurous yellow residue.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Then there are the mineral springs of sulphurous, chalybeate and clear water.
From the gazetteherald.co.uk
There is another punishing climb to the smoking, sulphurous chasm of the Red Crater.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Sulphurous gases can combine with water vapour in the atmosphere to produce acid rain.
From the newscientist.com
Rotblit's meetings with Palestinian intellectuals had become increasingly sulphurous.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Sulfurous: of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur
  • Acerb: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous ...
  • Sultry: characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
  • Sulfur or sulphur (see spelling below) is the chemical element that has the atomic number 16. It is denoted with the symbol S. It is an abundant, multivalent non-metal. Sulfur, in its native form, is a bright yellow crystalline solid. ...
  • Alternative spelling of sulfurous