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might·y
(mī′tē)adj. might·i·er, might·i·est
1. Having or showing great power, skill, strength, or force: a mighty orator; a mighty blow.
2. Imposing or awesome in size, degree, or extent: a mighty stone fortress.
adv. Informal
To a great degree; extremely. Used as an intensive: mighty fine; mighty tired. See Note at powerful.
might′i·ness n.
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mighty
(ˈmaɪtɪ)adj, mightier or mightiest
1.
a. having or indicating might; powerful or strong
b. (as collective noun; preceded by the): the mighty.
2. very large; vast
3. very great in extent, importance, etc
adv
informal chiefly US and Canadian (intensifier): he was mighty tired.
ˈmightiness n
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might•y
(ˈmaɪ ti)adj. might•i•er, might•i•est,
adv., n. adj.
1. having, characterized by, or showing superior power or strength: mighty rulers.
2. of great size; huge: a mighty oak.
3. great in amount, extent, degree, or importance; exceptional: a mighty accomplishment.
adv. 4. Informal. very; extremely: I'm mighty pleased.
n. 5. the mighty, mighty persons collectively.
[before 900]
might′i•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | mighty - having or showing great strength or force or intensity; "struck a mighty blow"; "the mighty logger Paul Bunyan"; "the pen is mightier than the sword"- Bulwer-Lytton powerful - having great power or force or potency or effect; "the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument" |
Adv. | 1. | mighty - (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily" intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
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mighty
adjective
1. powerful, strong, strapping, robust, hardy, vigorous, potent, sturdy, stout, forceful, stalwart, doughty, lusty, indomitable, manful, puissant a mighty young athlete
powerful weak, feeble, impotent, weedy (informal), wussy (slang), wimpish or wimpy (informal)
powerful weak, feeble, impotent, weedy (informal), wussy (slang), wimpish or wimpy (informal)
2. great, large, huge, grand, massive, towering, vast, enormous, tremendous, immense, titanic, gigantic, monumental, bulky, colossal, stellar (informal), prodigious, stupendous, elephantine, ginormous (informal), humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) a land marked with vast lakes and mighty rivers
great small, tiny, unimpressive, unimposing
great small, tiny, unimpressive, unimposing
Quotations
"How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished" Bible: II Samuel
"How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished" Bible: II Samuel
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mighty
adjective3. Of extraordinary size and power:
behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast.
Informal: walloping.
Slang: whopping.
Chiefly Regional. To a high degree:
awfully, dreadfully, eminently, exceedingly, exceptionally, extra, extremely, greatly, highly, most, notably, very.
Informal: awful.
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Translations
قَوي، ذو قُوَّةٍ عَظيمَه
mocný
mægtig
mahtavavoimakasvoimallinen
voldugur, sterkur
mogočen
mäktig
mighty
[ˈmaɪtɪ]A. ADJ (mightier (compar) (mightiest (superl))) (liter)
1. (= powerful) [blow] → tremendo; [effort] → grandísimo; [nation] → poderoso
he shook his mighty fist → agitó su poderoso puño
God's mighty power → la omnipotencia de Dios
see also high A3
he shook his mighty fist → agitó su poderoso puño
God's mighty power → la omnipotencia de Dios
see also high A3
2. (= loud) [bang, roar] → enorme
B. ADV (US) (= very) I'm mighty glad to hear it → me alegro muchísimo de saberlo
she's a mighty fine-looking woman → es una mujer muy guapa
we were mighty worried → estábamos la mar de preocupados
it's a mighty long way to Southfork → Southfork está tremendamente lejos or está lejísimos
she's a mighty fine-looking woman → es una mujer muy guapa
we were mighty worried → estábamos la mar de preocupados
it's a mighty long way to Southfork → Southfork está tremendamente lejos or está lejísimos
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
mighty
[ˈmaɪti]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
mighty
adj
adv (esp US inf) → mächtig (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
mighty
[ˈmaɪtɪ]1. adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (ruler, nation) → forte, potente; (warrior) → possente; (ocean) → vasto/a
2. adv (fam) → molto
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
might2
(mait) noun power or strength. The might of the opposing army was too great for us.
ˈmighty adjective having great power. a mighty nation.
ˈmightily adverbˈmightiness noun
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