earth-shattering

ADJECTIVE

life-and-death

Synonyms

WEAK

all-important consequential critical crucial determining earth-shaking 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-shaking 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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David Kring of the Lunar and Planetary Institute told AFP he is not expecting any earth-shattering discoveries because of the multiple lunar probes and high-resolution images of the Moon taken since the Apollo missions.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

That’s better than the previous ceiling of 100 employees, but hardly an earth-shattering reform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Analysts have estimated the US has purchased as much as $2bn worth of pesos so far - hardly an earth-shattering figure.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

There’s no single, massive, earth-shattering crash; instead, there are years of frustration, and the loss of years that you can never get back.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025

To our jaded twenty-first-century ears, Charlie Christian’s solo on ‘Seven Come Eleven’ may not seem all that earth-shattering, but to musicians of the 1940s it was a green light.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

earth-shattering

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