almighty

[awl-mahy-tee]

adjective

1. having unlimited power; omnipotent, as God.

   Synonyms: all-powerful, sovereign, supreme

2. having very great power, influence, etc..

   The almighty press condemned him without trial.

3. Informal.,  extreme; terrible.

   He's in an almighty fix.

adverb

1. Informal.,  extremely.

   It's almighty hot.

noun

1. the Almighty, God.

almighty

¹

/ ɔːlˈmaɪtɪ /

adjective

1. all-powerful; omnipotent

2. informal,  (intensifier)

   an almighty row

adverb

1. informal,  (intensifier)

   an almighty loud bang

Almighty

²

/ ɔːlˈmaɪtɪ /

noun

1. another name for God

Other Word Forms

• almightily adverb
• almightiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of almighty¹

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 ); Alemanni

Example Sentences

A touch of redemption for him after his red card in Bruges left his team-mates exposed to an almighty Champions League humbling.

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Hatton, then unbeaten in 43 fights, had his hardcore fans believing he could pull off an almighty shock in the city famous for those trying to beat the odds.

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This reshuffle amounts to the action of a prime minister confronted by an almighty mess - and hurriedly seeking to seize that moment for his own and his government's ends.

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But it got to the point where they could have put together an almighty five-a-side team of targets who went elsewhere.

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I certainly wasn’t supposed to survive an assassin’s bullet — but by the grace of the almighty God, I did.

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