mighty — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A warrior of great strength and courage.

   Usage

   • Obsolete
   • Rare

   Examples

   And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.

Adjective

1. Very strong; possessing might.

   Examples

   He's a mighty wrestler, but you are faster than him.

   Wise in heart, and mighty in strength.

2. Very heavy and powerful.

   Examples

   Thor swung his mighty hammer.

   He gave the ball a mighty hit.

3. Very large; hefty.

   Usage

   • Colloquial

   Examples

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   Having listened attentively to the statement of Wandle Schoonhoven, giving an occasionable grunt, as he shovelled a mighty spoonful of Indian pudding into his mouth […]

4. Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.

   Examples

   His mighty works

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   Under his ſpecial eie / Abſtemious I [Samson] grew up and thriv'd amain; / He led me on to mightieſt deeds / Above the nerve of mortal arm / Againſt the uncircumciſ'd, our enemies.

   Mighty was their fuss about little matters.

5. Excellent, extremely good.

   Usage

   • Informal

   Examples

   Tonight's a mighty opportunity to have a party.

   She's a mighty cook.

Adverb

1. Very; to a high degree.

   Usage

   • Colloquial
   • not-comparable

   Related words

   mightalmighty

   Examples

   You can leave that food in your locker for the weekend, but it's going to smell mighty bad when you come back on Monday.

   Pork chops boiled with turnip greens make a mighty fine meal.

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   The lady is not heard of, and the King mighty angry and the Lord sent to the Tower.

   Father Miley, you know's a mighty ginteel man intirely, and one that likes to obleege the quolity in anything that doesn't go agin' his juty[.]"

   'He is a mighty handsome man!' 'I don't think so,' said Tess coldly.

   "You see, between you an' me close-tiled, I look on this South American business as a mighty serious thing, and if I have a pal with me I want a man I can bank on."

   I was mighty glad that our entrance into the interior of Caprona had been inside a submarine rather than in any other form of vessel. I could readily understand how it might have been that Caprona had been invaded in the past by venturesome navigators without word of it ever reaching the outside world, for I can assure you that only by submarine could man pass up that great sluggish river, alive.

   I pounded on a farmhouse / Lookin' for a place to stay / I was mighty, mighty tired / I had come a long, long way

   I was walkin' down the street / And it was gettin' mighty late

   And I know my love, it's about that time / Make me feel, mighty real

Adjective

1. having or showing great strength or force or intensity

   Examples

   struck a mighty blow

   the mighty logger Paul Bunyan

Adverb

1. (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree

   Synonyms

   mightilypowerfulright

   Examples

   the baby is mighty cute

   he's mighty tired

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   it is powerful humid

   that boy is powerful big now

   they have a right nice place

   they rejoiced mightily