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world-shaking

world-shaking adjective: momentous; of great import; of great significance, importance or consequence.

Adjective

world-shaking (comparative more world-shaking, superlative most world-shaking)

  1. Momentous; of great import; of great significance, importance or consequence.

Forms of world-shaking

comparativemore world-shaking
superlativemost world-shaking

Questions about world-shaking

What does world-shaking mean?
World-shaking means momentous; of great import; of great significance, importance or consequence.
What part of speech is world-shaking?
World-shaking is an adjective.

Words near world-shaking in the dictionary

  1. world-historical
  2. world-historically
  3. world-old
  4. world-read
  5. world-renowned
  6. world-shaking
  7. world-soul
  8. world-system
  9. world-systems
  10. world-view
  11. world-views

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