earth-shattering
adjective
uk/ˈɜːθˌʃæt.ər.ɪŋ/us/ˈɝːθˌʃæt̬.ər.ɪŋ/(alsoearth-shaking)extremelyimportant,interesting, orsurprising:
This ishardlyearth-shatteringnewsto anyone who's beenfollowingthedebate.
an earth-shatteringdiscovery震惊世界的发现
Synonym
earth-shaking
- They do notviewthis as an earth-shatteringbreakthrough.
- He didn'tthinkhisinventionwas all that earth-shattering.
- The newmodeldoes notfeatureany earth-shatteringchangestoitsfunctionality.
- She couldn't haveforeseenthat heractionswould have such earth-shatteringresults.
Very important or urgent
- all-important
- at all cost(s)idiom
- be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
- chief
- clutch
- co-principal
- life-changing
- mainly
- major league
- make the world go around/roundidiom
- marmoreal
- meaningful
- pressing
- prominent
- radical
- revalorization
- revalorize
- sacred
- salient
- subtle
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Surprising and shocking