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earthshaking
adjective earth·shak·ing \ˈərth-ˌshā-kiŋ\
: very important
Full Definition of EARTHSHAKING
: of great importance : momentous <an earthshaking announcement>
— earth·shak·ing·ly adverb
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First Known Use of EARTHSHAKING
1948
Related to EARTHSHAKING
- Synonyms
- big, consequential, important, earth-shattering, eventful, historic, major, material, meaningful, momentous, monumental, much, significant, substantial, tectonic, weighty
- Antonyms
- inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, minor, negligible, slight, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant
Rhymes with EARTHSHAKING
backbreaking, bookmaking, breathtaking, caretaking, dressmaking, filmmaking, glassmaking, groundbreaking, heartbreaking, housebreaking, lawbreaking, lawmaking, leave-taking, lovemaking, mapmaking, matchmaking, mythmaking, noisemaking, pacemaking, painstaking, pathbreaking, peacemaking, phrasemaking, printmaking, snowmaking, stocktaking, strikebreaking, toolmaking, watchmaking, world-shaking
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