earthshaking

[ urth-shey-king ]

/ ˈɜrθˌʃeɪ kɪŋ /

adjective

imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.

Words nearby earthshaking

earthperson, earthquake, earthquake engineer, earthrise, earthshaker, earthshaking, earthshine, earthstar, earthward, earthwards, earthwoman

Origin of earthshaking

1350–1400; Middle English. See earth, shaking

OTHER WORDS FROM earthshaking

earth·shak·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for earthshaker

And therefore the ancient poets and theologians gave Neptune the name of Earthshaker, as being the power of moist substance.
The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus|Ammianus Marcellinus

British Dictionary definitions for earthshaker (1 of 2)

Earthshaker

/ (ˈɜːθˌʃeɪkə) /

noun

the Earthshaker classical myth Poseidon (or Neptune) in his capacity as the bringer of earthquakes

British Dictionary definitions for earthshaker (2 of 2)

earthshaking

/ (ˈɜːθˌʃeɪkɪŋ) /

adjective

informal of enormous importance or consequence; momentous

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