mighty
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adjective \ˈmī-tē\might·i·ermight·i·est
Definition of MIGHTY
2
: accomplished or characterized by might <a mighty thrust>
3
: great or imposing in size or extent : extraordinary
See Examples of MIGHTY
- The barbarians faced a mighty army.
- the decline of a mighty empire
- With a mighty leap, he jumped across the stream.
- A mighty famine devastated the land.
- It took a mighty effort to get everything done on time.
First Known Use of MIGHTY
before 12th century
Related to MIGHTY
- Synonyms
- heavy, heavy-duty, influential, important, potent, powerful, puissant, significant, strong
- Antonyms
- helpless, impotent, insignificant, little, powerless, unimportant, weak
2mighty
adverbDefinition of MIGHTY
Usage Discussion of MIGHTY
Mighty used as an intensive usually conveys a folksy down-home feeling <plain and simple fare … but mighty filling and mighty satisfying — Asheville (North Carolina) Citizen-Times>. It is used especially to create a chatty style <turnip greens, corn bread and biscuits. That sounds mighty good to me — Julia Child> or to stress a rural atmosphere <a man must be mighty serious about his squirrel hunting — Stuart Williams, Field & Stream>. In a more formal context, mighty is used to create emphasis by drawing attention to itself <the chairman made sure that there were mighty few of them — Mollie Panter-Downes>.
Examples of MIGHTY
- Your father and I are mighty proud of you.
- That was a mighty tasty dinner.
- He made the offer mighty appealing.
- She has some mighty important decisions to make.
- It sure was mighty cold last night.
- We're mighty glad to be here.
First Known Use of MIGHTY
14th century
Related to MIGHTY
- Synonyms
- achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, very, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
- Antonyms
- little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
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