of great significance, effect, or influence; momentous
world-shaking in American English
(ˈwɜːrldˌʃeikɪŋ)
adjective
of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world
the world-shaking effects of an international clash
Word origin
[1590–1600]This word is first recorded in the period 1590–1600. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: class, dummy, operator, tube, volunteer
Examples of 'world-shaking' in a sentence
world-shaking
Scarcely world-shaking events, one might think.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
It is not the most world-shaking of moral standpoints.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
Both attacks were world-shaking events and both led to war.