soul-shaking

English

Adjective

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

1. Frightful; terrifying; extremely unsettling.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

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