earthshaking

earthshaking
Synonyms and related words:
big, big-league, big-name, big-time, bigwig, bigwigged, booming, consequential, considerable, deafening, double-barreled, ear-piercing, ear-rending, ear-splitting, forte, fortissimo, full, grand, great, heavyweight, high-powered, important, loud, loud-sounding, loudish, major, material, momentous, name, pealing, piercing, plangent, resounding, ringing, self-important, significant, sonorous, stentoraphonic, stentorian, stentorious, substantial, superior, thunderous, tonitruant, tonitruous, window-rattling, world-shaking

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  • earthshaking — adjective 1. loud enough to shake the very earth (Freq. 1) • Similar to: ↑loud 2. sufficiently significant to affect the whole world earthshaking proposals the contest was no world shaking affair the conversation...could hardly be called world… …   Useful english dictionary

  • earthshaking — earthshaker, n. /errth shay king/, adj. imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc. [1350 1400; ME. See EARTH, SHAKING] * * * …   Universalium

  • earthshaking — adjective a) Of global consequence or importance b) Very loud Syn: earthshattering …   Wiktionary

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  • world-shaking — adjective sufficiently significant to affect the whole world (Freq. 1) earthshaking proposals the contest was no world shaking affair the conversation...could hardly be called world shattering • Syn: ↑earthshaking, ↑world shattering …   Useful english dictionary

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