- earth-shattering
- 'earth-.shatteringadjsurprising or shocking and very important▪ an earth-shattering event
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.
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earth-shattering — earth ,shattering adjective extremely surprising and important … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
earth-shattering — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ very important or shocking … English terms dictionary
earth-shattering — ADJ GRADED Something that is earth shattering is very surprising or shocking. ...earth shattering news … English dictionary
earth-shattering — not very surprising or shocking. We were all expecting the announcement. It wasn t exactly earth shattering news … New idioms dictionary
earth-shattering — adjective surprising or shocking and very important: the day we heard the earth shattering news of Kennedy s assassination … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
earth-shattering — earth′ shat tering adj. cvb earthshaking … From formal English to slang
earth-shattering — adjective informal very important or shocking. Derivatives earth shatteringly adverb … English new terms dictionary
earth-shattering — adjective Date: 1970 earthshaking … New Collegiate Dictionary
earth-shattering — /errth shat euhr ing/, adj. earthshaking. * * * … Universalium
earth-shattering — UK / US adjective extremely surprising and important … English dictionary
