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
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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
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
Jesse Adams, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
This season, in a cosmic convergence of radio waves, several of our mightiest long-running culture series—some of which predate the podcast itself—are observing milestones at once.
—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
Add to that post-inflation prices and a tough job market, and DIY starts to look mighty appealing, both as a cost-saving hobby and as a revolutionary movement.
—Corey Buhay, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Some kind of rusted magic up there made so much rock ‘n’ roll genius possible, far and beyond even Oasis’s mighty megastardom.
—Jesse Adams, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
This season, in a cosmic convergence of radio waves, several of our mightiest long-running culture series—some of which predate the podcast itself—are observing milestones at once.
—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
If the Chargers add a win against Denver to get to 3-0 in the division through three weeks, that’d be a mighty strong opening salvo in what looks like perhaps the strongest division in football.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
Add to that post-inflation prices and a tough job market, and DIY starts to look mighty appealing, both as a cost-saving hobby and as a revolutionary movement.
—Corey Buhay, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Mighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mighty. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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2 of 2 adverb
: very entry 2 sense 1, extremely
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