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M0289500 (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.

might′i·ness n.

mighty

(ˈmaɪtɪ) adj, mightier or mightiest1. a. having or indicating might; powerful or strongb. (as collective noun; preceded by the): the mighty. 2. very large; vast3. very great in extent, importance, etcadvinformal chiefly US and Canadian (intensifier): he was mighty tired. ˈmightiness n

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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.

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-Lyttonpowerful - 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, rightintensifier, 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"

mighty

adjective1. 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, unimposingQuotations
"How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished" Bible: II Samuel

mighty

adjective1. 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.adverbChiefly Regional. To a high degree:awfully, dreadfully, eminently, exceedingly, exceptionally, extra, extremely, greatly, highly, most, notably, very.Informal: awful.

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强大的

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(mait) noun power or strength. The might of the opposing army was too great for us.力量ˈmighty adjective having great power. a mighty nation.强大的ˈmightily adverb强有力地ˈmightiness noun强大

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mighty oaks from little acorns grow

Large and powerful things once were very small and insignificant. It's hard to believe that her successful clothing line was once a small business run from her tiny studio apartment. Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.See also: acorn, grow, little, mighty, oak

great oaks from little acorns grow

Large and powerful things once were very small and insignificant. It's hard to believe that her successful clothing line was once a small business run from her tiny studio apartment. Great oaks from little acorns grow.See also: acorn, great, grow, little, oak

the pen is mightier than the sword

Strong, eloquent, or well-crafted speech or writing is more influential on a greater number of people than force or violence. Through his hugely popular online campaign, the writer has harnessed the voices of millions of people to have the government stop its violent intervention in the region, proving that the pen truly is mightier than the sword.See also: mighty, pen, sword

high and mighty

Haughty and scornful. How can you act so high and mighty after all the mistakes you've made?See also: and, high, mighty

mighty nigh

colloquial, old-fashioned Very close to; almost; nearly. Hey, don't feel bad that you're still single—shoot, I was mighty nigh 40 by the time I met my wife! I heard it's going to be mighty nigh 100 degrees on Saturday. She was mighty nigh frozen to death by the time we fished her out of that lake.See also: mighty, nigh

a reed before the wind lives on(, while mighty oaks do fall)

Those who remain flexible and adaptable will be able to survive change, hardship, or adversity more easily than those who try to challenge or stand against it. The CEO doesn't tolerate people who won't go along with his ideas or change to meet his demands. A reed before the wind lives on, at least when you're working at this company. Luckily, I had diversified a lot of my revenue streams before the economic crash hit, so I was able to change tack and withstand the blow better than the large companies that had no room to maneuver. A reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks to fall.See also: before, lives, mighty, oak, reed, while, wind

how the mighty have fallen

Someone of importance or significance is no longer as successful or highly regarded. Can also be humorously or sarcastically applied to everyday situations. The phrase originated in the Bible. A: "Did you hear that that famous actress is probably going to jail after all?" B: "Oh wow. How the mighty have fallen." Joan has to clean her own house these days? Oh, how the mighty have fallen!See also: fallen, have, how, mighty

Great oaks from little acorns grow, and Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Prov. Immense things can come from small sources. Don't tell lies, not even small ones. Great oaks from little acorns grow.See also: acorn, and, great, little, mighty, oak

high-and-mighty

Fig. self-important and arrogant. I don't know why William is so high-and-mighty. He's no better than the rest of us. The boss acts high-and-mighty because he can fire us all.

How the mighty have fallen.

Prov. a jovial or mocking way of remarking that someone is doing something that he or she used to consider very demeaning. Jill: Ever since Fred's wife left him, he has had to cook his own meals. Jane: Well! How the mighty have fallen! When Dan lost his money, he had to sell his expensive sports car. Now he drives an ugly old sedan. How the mighty have fallen.See also: fallen, have, how, mighty

pen is mightier than the sword

Prov. Eloquent writing persuades people better than military force. Believing that the pen is mightier than the sword, the rebels began publishing an underground newspaper. Alan: Why do you want to become a journalist? Bill: The pen is mightier than the sword.See also: mighty, pen, sword

reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall

Prov. An insignificant, flexible person is more likely not to get hurt in a crisis than a prominent or rigid person. Our office has new managers now; I plan to be as inconspicuous as possible while they reorganize everyone. A reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall.See also: before, fall, lives, mighty, oak, reed, while, wind

high and mighty

Conceited, haughty, as in She was too high and mighty to make her own bed. This expression originally alluded to high-born rulers and was being transferred to the merely arrogant by the mid-1600s. See also: and, high, mighty

great oaks from little acorns grow

People say great oaks from little acorns grow when they want to say that large and successful things can begin in a small way. It is going to take at least five seasons before the new club can take its rightful place in the third division. Still, great oaks from little acorns grow. Note: Other adjectives can be used instead of great and little. Henry Ford did not start his operations by hiring 330,000 employees and opening hundreds of factories in his first year. Remember, mighty oaks from tiny acorns grow. Note: Acorns are the nuts that grow on oak trees. See also: acorn, great, grow, little, oak

high and mighty

1 important and influential. 2 thinking or acting as though you are more important than others; arrogant. informalSee also: and, high, mighty

the pen is mightier than the sword

writing is more effective than military power or violence. proverbSee also: mighty, pen, sword

ˌhigh and ˈmighty

(informal) behaving as though you think you are more important than other people: He’s too high and mighty to mix with ordinary people like us!See also: and, high, mighty

the ˌpen is ˌmightier than the ˈsword

(saying) people who write books, poems, etc. have a greater effect on history and human affairs than soldiers and wars Mightier means ‘stronger’ or ‘more powerful’.See also: mighty, pen, sword

high and mighty

Arrogant, conceited. Although originally used to describe either spiritual or temporal rulers, this term soon came to mean individuals who used their position of real or imagined power to act haughtily. Thus, while fifteenth- and sixteenth-century sources might address a ruler as “Right heigh and mighty Prince” (as in Hall’s Chronicle of Edward IV, 1548), a century later Richard Whitlock (Zoötamia, 1654) would write of “their high and mighty word, Experience.” It was a cliché by the time Thackeray wrote, “Some of these bankers are as high and mighty as the oldest families” (The Newcomes, 1855).See also: and, high, mighty

pen is mightier than the sword, the

Writing is more powerful and effective than fighting. This adage appeared as a proverb in 1571 (“No more sword to be feared than the learned pen”) and then took a slightly different form in Robert Burton’s The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621): “The pen is worse than the sword.” It has quite naturally appealed to writers ever since. Time magazine (1990) used “The Pen Is Mightier” as a headline for a piece announcing that Poland had a journalist as its new prime minister, Czechoslovakia a playwright as president, and Hungary an English translator as president.See also: mighty, pen

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mighty oaks from little acorns grow

great oaks from little acorns grow

the pen is mightier than the sword

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a reed before the wind lives on(, while mighty oaks do fall)

how the mighty have fallen

Great oaks from little acorns grow, and Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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How the mighty have fallen.

pen is mightier than the sword

reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall

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great oaks from little acorns grow

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the pen is mightier than the sword

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adj powerful

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adj great

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adj having or able to exert great power

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adj having great physical strength

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adj of extraordinary size and power

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adv to a high degree

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adj having or showing great strength or force or intensity

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adv (Southern regional intensive) very

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