sulfurous.

1. Containing, resembling, or associated with sulfur, often suggesting a sharp unpleasant odor.

2. Marked by fierce anger, threats, or vehement language.

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Words that belong together

• sulfurous fumes
• sulfurous smell

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Sulfurous fumes drifted from the fissure.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.