mighty

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.

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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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Thesaurus

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" powerful, mightily, right 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)

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

Quotations
"How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished" Bible: II Samuel

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mighty

adjective

1. Having or able to exert great power:

potent, powerful, puissant.

2. Having great physical strength:

potent, powerful, puissant, strong.

3. 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.

adverb

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

mächtiggewaltig

poderosopotenteenormefuerte

mahtavavoimakasvoimallinen

puissant

voldugur, sterkur

potentefortemolto impaziente

machtig

poderoso

могучиймогущественныймощный

mogočen

mäktig

güçlükuvvetli

强大的

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

2. (= loud) [bang, roar] → enorme

3. (= large) [river, fortress, wall] → enorme, inmenso

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

C. NPL the mighty → los poderosos
how the mighty have fallen! → ¡cómo han caído los poderosos!

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mighty

[ˈmaɪti]

adj

(= powerful) [army, team, company] → puissant(e) often before n

(= big) [explosion] → puissant(e) often before n; [river] → puissant(e)
a mighty explosion → une puissante explosion

(= loud) [bang, roar] → puissant(e)

adv (= very) → rudement
You look mighty pretty tonight → Tu es rudement jolie ce soir.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mighty

adj

(= wielding power) person, force, army → mächtig; the mighty → die Mächtigen pl; how are the mighty fallen → wie sind die Helden gefallen (Bibl), → Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall (Prov); a mighty warrior → ein großer Krieger

(= massive) building, noise, load, crowd, ship → gewaltig; river, tree, wave, effect, blow → mächtig, gewaltig; cheer → lautstark

adv (esp US inf) → mächtig (inf)

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mighty

[ˈmaɪtɪ]

1. adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (ruler, nation) → forte, potente; (warrior) → possente; (ocean) → vasto/a

2. adv (fam) → molto

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might²

(mait) noun

power or strength. The might of the opposing army was too great for us. mag قُوَّه мощ força moc, síla die Macht magt; styrke ισχύςfuerza võimsus قدرت voima force, puissanceכוח, עוצמה बल moć, sila erő, hatalom keperkasaan máttur, afl, kraftur forza, potenza 力 능력, 실력 galia, jėga spēks; varenība kekuasaan machtmakt, styrke, kraftpotęga توان força forţă, putere могущество, мощь moc, sila moč moć kraft, förmåga, makt ความแข็งแรง kuvvet, güç 力量，力氣 могутність; міць غیر معمولی قوت sức mạnh 力量

ˈmighty adjective

having great power. a mighty nation. magtig قَوي، ذو قُوَّةٍ عَظيمَه могъщ poderoso mocný mächtig mægtig ισχυρόςpoderoso, potente, enorme vägev توانا mahtava puissant רַב עוֹצמָה बलशाली moćan, silan hatalmas perkasa voldugur, sterkur forte, potente 強力な 세력이 있는 galingas, stiprus spēcīgs; varens berkuasa machtig mektig, veldig; kraftigpotężny توانمند poderoso puternic могущественный; мощный mocný mogočen moćan mäktig, väldig, kraftig, stark ทรงพลัง güçlü, kuvvetli 強大的 могутній طاقتور hùng mạnh 强大的

ˈmightily adverb

magtig بِقُوَّه мощно poderosamente mocně mächtig mægtigt ισχυρά enormemente võimsalt با زور mahtavasti puissamment בְּכּוֹחַ, בְּעוֹצמָה बलपुर्वक krajnje, silno erőszakosan, hevesen; nagymértékben dengan kuat kröftuglega potentemente 強力に 힘차게 galingai, stipriai spēcīgi; vareni dengan berkuasa machtig mektig, voldsomt; kraftig potężnie په زوره poderosamente cu putere, cu forţă мощно mocne močno moćno mäktigt, kraftigt, väldigt อย่างมาก kuvvetle, kudretle 強而有力地 могутньо; сильно حد درجے، عظمت سے mạnh mẽ 强有力地

ˈmightiness noun

magtigheid قُوَّه، قُدْرَه могъщество poder mohutnost die Macht magt ισχύςfuerza, poder vägevus توانایی mahtavuus puissanceכוח, עוצמה शक्तिमता silovitost erősség, hatalmasság kekuatan máttur, styrkur potenza 強力 힘셈 stiprumas spēks; varenība kekuasaan machtigheid stormektighet, voldsomhetmoc توانايى poder putere мощность mohutnosť moč moćnost makt, kraft ความทรงพลัง kuvvet, kudret 強大 могутність عظمت sức mạnh; sự hùng mạnh 强大

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