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earthshaking definition

earthshaking


 
  Overview  of  adj  earthshaking 
 
  The  adj  earthshaking  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  earthshaking  --  (loud  enough  to  shake  the  very  earth) 
  2.  earthshaking,  world-shaking,  world-shattering  --  (sufficiently  significant  to  affect  the  whole  world;  "earthshaking  proposals";  "the  contest  was  no  world-shaking  affair";  "the  conversation...could  hardly  be  called  world-shattering") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  earthshaking 
 
  2  senses  of  earthshaking 
 
  Sense  1 
  earthshaking 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  loud)  ->  soft 
 
  Sense  2 
  earthshaking,  world-shaking,  world-shattering 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  significant)  ->  insignificant,  unimportant 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  earthshaking 
 
  2  senses  of  earthshaking 
 
  Sense  1 
  earthshaking 
  =>  loud  (vs.  soft) 
 
  Sense  2 
  earthshaking,  world-shaking,  world-shattering 
  =>  significant  (vs.  insignificant),  important 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  earthshaking 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  earthshaking 
 
  earthshaking  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  earthshaking 
  earthshaking 
 
  Overview  of  adj  earthshaking 
 
  The  adj  earthshaking  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  earthshaking  --  (loud  enough  to  shake  the  very  earth) 
  2.  earthshaking,  world-shaking,  world-shattering  --  (sufficiently  significant  to  affect  the  whole  world;  "earthshaking  proposals";  "the  contest  was  no  world-shaking  affair";  "the  conversation...could  hardly  be  called  world-shattering") 



earthshaking definition