Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having or showing great power, skill, strength, or force: a mighty orator; a mighty blow.
- adj. 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 Regional Note at powerful.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Possessed of or endowed with might; having much ability, strength, or power; eminently strong, powerful, or great: as, a mighty conqueror; a mighty intellect; a man mighty in argument.
- Marked by or manifesting might; very great, important, or momentous; of uncommon force, consequence, size, number, etc.
- Vast, enormous, immense, huge, stupendous, monstrous; violent, vehement, impetuous.
- In a great degree; very; exceedingly: as, mighty wise; mighty thoughtful.
Wiktionary
- n. Influential, powerful beings.
- adj. Very strong, possessing might.
- adj. Very heavy and powerful
- adj. excellent, extremely good
- adv. colloquial Very; to a high degree.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Possessing might; having great power or authority.
- adj. Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.
- adj. Denoting an extraordinary degree or quality in respect of size, character, importance, consequences, etc.
- n. R. & Obs. A warrior of great force and courage.
- adv. colloq. In a great degree; very.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having or showing great strength or force or intensity
- adv. (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
Etymologies
- Old English mihtiġ. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Brethren and sisters, there is a mighty, _mighty_ difference between the two.”
Life and Labors of Elder John Kline, the Martyr Missionary Collated from his Diary by Benjamin Funk
“Well, sir, that's mighty nice," observed Mr. Pryor; "_mighty_ nice!”
“This will cause huge consequences in regards to patent and trademarking of the term mighty mouse.”
Apple’s Mighty Mouse Never Lived Up To Its Name. And Now It Can’t.
“She's what I call a mighty eligible young woman -- pretty, bright, sensible, and without any fortune to make her foolish and you a fool.”
“In Namibia shots ranged from 150 to over 400 yards, believe me that variable option came in mighty handy.”
“The war-monsters of Japan were loosed in mighty fleets.”
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“The winters there are quite cold and a good heating system or fireplaces will come in mighty handy.”
“How mighty is Thy majesty and how enduring Thy dominion and how excellent Thy government!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mighty’.
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Dominant/Submissive
abusive, adamant, autocratic, bossy, bullheaded, bumptious, certain, cock-a-hoop, cocksure, cocky, commanding, compelling and 189 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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RELI - Genesis
Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
wrath, leaf, belly, prey, death, break, six, nod, dim, end, inn, judge and 1286 more...
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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Nom de Guerre Finder
You've taken all the other quizzes--you've already used the name of your first pet and you're tired of having to use the name of the first street where you lived. Now it's time to find your excitin...
odyssey, dawn, desert, storm, noble, eagle, shield, freedom, enduring, swift, sharp, edge and 50 more...
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What's That Pokémon Name?
Words used to create the names of Pokémon, which are usually portmanteaux.
bulb, dinosaur, ivy, venus, char, salamander, squirt, turtle, blast, tortoise, water, caterpillar and 525 more...
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strangelyrouge's Words
glockenspiel, gewgaw, jetsam, flotsam, gripe, grab, wench, whilst, betwixt, hither, thither, yonder and 1034 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, M
metamerism, malady, margin, marauder, maverick, mercury, mirth, mandible, macerate, meteor, manumission, mica and 292 more...
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Scriptie: The Two Towers
dampen, treacherous, black gate, man-flesh, precious, elvish, dwarf, pursuit, quarry, hobbit, sprinters, horse lords and 236 more...
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feeling words
twitterpated, loquacious, ambiguous, pensive, sluggish, anxious, adventurous, curious, abandoned, absent-minded, abrasive, abused and 653 more...
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MsHalston's Words
theoretically, insufferable, apolitico, milquetoast, egregious, aplomb, elan, fraught, flummox, befrocked, moll, molten and 605 more...
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See Regional Note at
Being a list of words with definitions imploring us to see the "Regional Note" (usually from the American Heritage Dictionary).
smearcase, charivari, mighty, clever, potato, reel, dove, diplomatic pouch
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Bible names
noah, almighty, cain, abel, father, mother, israel, king, sanctuary, spirit, psalm, blessing and 236 more...
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MEC4 Lesson 148
piece together, fiancée, fiancé, down the drain, drain, hard, pathetic, modeling school, enroll, blood, audition, mispronounce and 42 more...
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Silent "GH"
doughnut, taught, ought, haughty, caught, naughty, fraught, slaughter, daughter, twilight, tight, nigh and 16 more...
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Not-so-basic words.
postmeridian, post meridiem, ante meridiem, cataclysm, laconic, taciturn, reticent, concupiscence, strive, indigo, apricot, jaboticaba and 24 more...
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