thunderation

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interjection

An exclamation of surprise, agitation or petulance.

“Thunderation! I've lost my glasses!”

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Meanings

interjection
  1. UScolloquialAn exclamation of surprise, agitation or petulance.

    Thunderation! I've lost my glasses!

Origin

An Americanism from around 1830 to 1840, from thunder + -ation.

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Translations

Finnish jumatsuka, pirskatti
  • jumatsukaexclamation of surprise
  • pirskattiexclamation of surprise
French tonnerre
  • tonnerreexclamation of surprise
Hungarian a kutyafáját
  • a kutyafájátexclamation of surprise
Cite this entry
APA

thunderation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thunderation

MLA

“thunderation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thunderation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thunderation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thunderation.

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