'earth-shaking' definitions:

Definition of 'earth-shaking'

From: GCIDE
  • earth-shaking \earth-shaking\ adj. sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; as, earth-shaking proposals; an earth-shaking event.
  • Syn: world-shaking, world-shattering(predicate), world shattering(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]