sulphurous
Like rotten eggs
Sulphurous describes things containing or resembling sulphur—the yellow element that smells like rotten eggs when burned.
Sulphurous fumes rise from volcanoes and hot springs.
Figuratively, sulphurous means fiery or hellish, evoking brimstone: a sulphurous temper, sulphurous language.
The spelling sulfurous is standard in American English and scientific contexts.
Eternal punishment by flame
- damnationEternal punishment decree
- brimstoneArchaic word for sulfur
- demonicOf or like devils
- underworldRealm of the departed
perdition · diabolical · fiery · Hades · torment · Mephistopheles · Lucifer · Beelzebub
Acidic salt compound
- sulfideCompound with element sixteen
- dioxideBinary compound, two oxygens
- elementalBasic, of natural forces
- compoundCombined into one
acidic · corrosive · reactivity · oxidation · precipitate · mineral · valence · anion
Volcanic gas vent
- geyserErupting thermal vent
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
- ventOpening for airflow
- geothermalRelating to underground heat
caldera · eruption · magma · hydrothermal · steam · mudpot · degassing · emission
Sharply strong-smelling
- acridUnpleasantly sharp-smelling
- stenchPowerfully offensive odor
- fumesAirborne chemical irritants
- noxiousHarmful, especially when inhaled
reek · malodorous · rank · fetid · stinking · foul · sharp · choking
Intensely hot or passionate
- wrathfulExtremely angry
- vitriolicHarshly bitter and corrosive
- causticChemically burning; bitterly mocking
- scathingSeverely and bitingly critical
acrimonious · bitter · venomous · blistering · heated · furious · incendiary · inflammatory
hellfire
Eternal punishment by flame
underworld · perdition · diabolical · fiery · Hades · torment · Mephistopheles · Lucifer · Beelzebub · sinister
sulfate
Acidic salt compound
- sulfideCompound with element sixteen
- dioxideBinary compound, two oxygens
- elementalBasic, of natural forces
compound · acidic · corrosive · reactivity · oxidation · precipitate · mineral · valence · anion · brimstone
fumarole
Volcanic gas vent
geothermal · caldera · eruption · magma · hydrothermal · steam · mudpot · degassing · emission · plume
pungent
Sharply strong-smelling
noxious · reek · malodorous · rank · fetid · stinking · foul · sharp · choking · suffocating
fiery
Intensely hot or passionate
- wrathfulExtremely angry
- vitriolicHarshly bitter and corrosive
- causticChemically burning; bitterly mocking
scathing · acrimonious · bitter · venomous · blistering · heated · furious · incendiary · inflammatory · explosive
pale-yellow
Light muted golden hue