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Webster 1913 Edition


Mighty

Might′y

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Mightier
;
sup
erl.
Mightiest
.]
[AS.
meahtig
,
mihtig
; akin to G.
mächtig
, Goth.
mahteigs
. See
Might
,
Noun.
]
1.
Possessing might; having great power or authority.
Wise in heart, and
mighty
in strength.
Job ix. 4.
2.
Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.
“His mighty works.”
Matt. xi. 20.
3.
Denoting an extraordinary degree or quality in respect of size, character, importance, consequences, etc.
“A mighty famine.”
Luke xv. 14.
“Giants of mighty bone.”
Milton.
Mighty
was their fuss about little matters.
Hawthorne.

Might′y

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Mighties
(#)
.
A warrior of great force and courage.
[R. & Obs.]
1 Chron. xi. 12.

Might′y

,
adv.
In a great degree; very.
[Colloq.]
“He was mighty methodical.”
Jeffrey.
We have a
mighty
pleasant garden.
Doddridge.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mighty

MI'GHTY

,
Adj.
Having great bodily strength or physical power; very strong or vigorous; as a mighty arm.
1.
Very strong; valiant; bold; as a mighty man of valor. Judges 6.
2.
Very powerful; having great command.
Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. Gen.10.
3.
Very strong in numbers; as a mighty nation. Gen.18.
4.
Very strong or great in corporeal power; very able.
Wo to them that are mighty to drink wine. Is.5.
5.
Violent; very loud; as mighty thunderings. Ex.9. Ps.68.
6.
Vehement; rushing with violence; as a mighty wind or tempest. Ex.10. Rev.6.
7.
Very great; vast; as mighty waters. Neh.9.
8.
Very great or strong; as mighty power. 2 Chron.26.
9.
Very forcible; efficacious; as, great is truth and mighty.
10. Very great or eminent in intellect or acquirements; as the mighty Scaliger and Selden.
11. Great; wonderful; performed with great power; as mighty works. Matt.11.
12. Very severe and distressing; as a mighty famine. Luke.15.
13. Very great, large or populous; as a mighty city. Rev.18.
14. Important; momentous.
I'll sing of heroes and of kings,
In mighty numbers mighty things.

MI'GHTY

,
adv.
In a great degree; very; as might wise; mighty thoughtful. [Colloquial.]

Definition 2024


mighty

mighty

English

Noun

mighty pl (plural only)

  1. Influential, powerful beings.
    The high and the mighty get what they want.
    • 2013 August 10, Lexington, Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
      British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.

Noun

mighty (plural mighties)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A warrior of great strength and courage.
    • Bible, 1 Chronicles 11:12, King James Version:
      And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.

Adjective

mighty (comparative mightier, superlative mightiest)

  1. Very strong; possessing might.
    He's a mighty wrestler, but you are faster than him.
    • Bible, Job ix. 4
      Wise in heart, and mighty in strength.
  2. Very heavy and powerful.
    Thor swung his mighty hammer.
    He gave the ball a mighty hit.
  3. Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.
    • Bible, Matthew xi. 20
      His mighty works
    • Hawthorne
      Mighty was their fuss about little matters.
  4. (informal) Excellent, extremely good.
    Tonight's a mighty opportunity to have a party.
    She's a mighty cook.

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

mighty (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Very; to a high degree.
    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 makes a mighty fine meal.
    • Samuel Pepys
      The lady is not heard of, and the King mighty angry and the Lord sent to the Tower.
    • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
      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.

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