soul-shaking

adjective

Frightful; terrifying; extremely unsettling.

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Meanings

adjectivesoul-shaking (comparative more soul-shaking, superlative most soul-shaking)

comparative more soul-shaking · superlative most soul-shaking

  1. Frightful; terrifying; extremely unsettling.

    Nor was this all, for with the flashes came a soul-shaking sound like that of thunder and of crashing trees.

    1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
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APA

soul-shaking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soul-shaking

MLA

“soul-shaking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soul-shaking. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soul-shaking,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soul-shaking.

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