Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

world-shattering

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: world-shat-ter-ing
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

s

sufficiently significant to affect the whole world

Example Sentences

"earthshaking proposals"
"the contest was no world-shaking affair"
"the conversation … could hardly be called world-shattering"

Synonyms

earthshaking world-shaking

Questions

What does world-shattering mean?: sufficiently significant to affect the whole world

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