mightier; mightiest
2
: accomplished or characterized by might
a mighty thrust
3
: great or imposing in size or extent : extraordinary
Using Mighty as an Intensive: Usage Guide
Mighty used as an intensive usually conveys a folksy down-home feeling.
plain and simple fare … but mighty filling and mighty satisfying
—
Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times
Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times
It is used especially to create a chatty style
turnip greens, corn bread and biscuits. That sounds mighty good to me
—Julia Child
Julia Child
or to stress a rural atmosphere.
a man must be mighty serious about his squirrel hunting
—Stuart Williams, Field & Stream
Stuart Williams, Field & Stream
In a more formal context, mighty is used to create emphasis by drawing attention to itself.
the chairman made sure that there were mighty few of them
—Mollie Panter-Downes
Mollie Panter-Downes
Synonyms
Adjective
Adverb
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Examples of mighty in a Sentence
Adjective
The barbarians faced a mighty army.
the decline of a mighty empire
With a mighty leap, he jumped across the stream.
A mighty famine devastated the land.
It took a mighty effort to get everything done on time.
Adverb
Your father and I are mighty proud of you.
That was a mighty tasty dinner.
He made the offer mighty appealing.
She has some mighty important decisions to make.
It sure was mighty cold last night.
We're mighty glad to be here.
Recent Examples on the Web
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Despite mixed reviews, that reboot delivered a stunning $191 million debut over the summer and eventually generated a mighty $1.66 billion at the global box office.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
Harry Enten, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
That December trip looks mighty intriguing with Christmas right around the corner.
—Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
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Adjective
There’s even a humbling sequence set in the real Carrara, where, against the quarry’s raw splendor, the mighty modern excavators look as piddling as Hot Wheels on the basement stairs.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Despite mixed reviews, that reboot delivered a stunning $191 million debut over the summer and eventually generated a mighty $1.66 billion at the global box office.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
Adverb
The bottom line is that the Bills have looked mighty good.
—Harry Enten, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
That December trip looks mighty intriguing with Christmas right around the corner.
—Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
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“Mighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mighty. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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mighty
2 of 2 adverb
: very entry 2 sense 1, extremely
mighty proud of you
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