mighty

might·y  (mt)

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 Regional Note at powerful.

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mighti·ness n.

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mighty [ˈmaɪtɪ]

adj mightier, 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

mightiness  n

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, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), 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

Translations

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!

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.

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)

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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mighty [ˈmaɪtɪ]

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

2. adv (fam) → molto