mightier; mightiest
2
: accomplished or characterized by might
a mighty thrust
3
: great or imposing in size, degree, or extent : extraordinary
made a mighty effort
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
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.
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Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
All the better to emphasize Lawrence creating the sensation that someone’s grip on reality getting mighty slippery.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
In recent years, though, it’s been ranking mighty high in the culinary world.
—Katie Chang, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Its mighty 12-cylinder heart is mounted transversely, stretching side-to-side across the chassis instead of the front-to-back layout usually used with engines of more than four cylinders.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
All the better to emphasize Lawrence creating the sensation that someone’s grip on reality getting mighty slippery.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
The lines between life and art, truth and fiction, get mighty blurry in Trier’s emotionally expansive, extremely wry film, though the family drama itself is just a spine on which to hang any number of other fixations and preoccupations.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
In recent years, though, it’s been ranking mighty high in the culinary world.
—Katie Chang, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Mighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mighty. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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2 of 2 adverb
: very entry 2 sense 1, extremely
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