having unlimited power; omnipotent, as God.
having very great power, influence, etc..
The almighty press condemned him without trial.
Informal. extreme; terrible.
He's in an almighty fix.
all-powerful; omnipotent
informal (intensifier)
an almighty row
before 900; Middle English; Old English ælmihtig, ealmihtig, equivalent to æl-, eal- all (cognate with Old Norse al- < *ol-o- ) + mihtig ( miht, meaht might 2 + -ig -y 1 ); cf. Alemanni
Anything that's almighty is extremely powerful. In fact, being almighty gives something (or someone) an infinite amount of power. Originally, the adjective almighty was capitalized and used to refer to God. It comes from the Old English ælmihtig, "all-powerful." You could also describe something that's almighty as "omnipotent" or even "godlike." Today people often use almighty in a sarcastic or ironic way to talk about things that exert a ridiculously huge amount of control over people: "All he cares about is the almighty dollar."
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He spent a year making an almighty nuisance of himself.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
It has a chorus that would make Celine Dion jealous, and features a baroque piano breakdown before an almighty key change in the final refrain.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Emlyn Jones told the jury: "The force of the blast lifted the floorboards, shifted the furniture, and caused significant damage to the property and to the house next door. It also made an almighty bang."
From BBC • May 6, 2026
The almighty apparently abandoned the Rams three weeks later when they twice blew leads in a 31-19 loss to Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026
He went down in the crick, full-length, with another almighty splat.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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