earth-shaking

ADJECTIVE

life-and-death

Synonyms

WEAK

all-important consequential critical crucial determining earth-shattering essential imperative important indispensable life-or-death meaningful of vital importance paramount pivotal serious significant urgent vital vitally important

ADJECTIVE

momentous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

consequential crucial decisive eventful far-reaching fateful historic meaningful memorable notable pivotal significant weighty

WEAK

big chips are down considerable critical earth-shattering epochal grave heavy heavy number material of moment outstanding substantial vital

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inconsequential insignificant meaningless ordinary trivial uneventful unimportant unnoteworthy unremarkable unsubstantial

WEAK

immaterial trifling

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Other countries could pick up the seismic signal from an Earth-shaking blast half a world away.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 20, 2023

As if the internet needed another Earth-shaking fandom moment: BTS singer flirted with pop phenom Olivia Rodrigo at Sunday’s Grammy Awards, sending some fans into a tizzy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2022

In any case, the 100% confirmable version of his rise from poverty to neurosurgery is so impressive that any attention to it might be a benefit unless something truly Earth-shaking pop up.

From MSNBC • Nov. 10, 2015

Earth-shaking change Whatever the current rate of subsidence, it may not reflect the full scale of the problem.

From Scientific American • Apr. 13, 2014

Then Actor's sons, the Molions, had I slain, Had not th' Earth-shaking God, their mighty sire, Veil'd in thick cloud, withdrawn them from the field; Then Jove great glory to the Pylians gave.

From The Iliad by Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of

earth-shaking

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