almighty
al·mighty (ôl mīt′ē)
adjective
- having unlimited power; all-powerful
- Informal great; extreme an almighty nuisance
Etymology: ME almihtig < OE ealmihtig < eal, all + mihtig, mighty
adverb
Slang extremely
the Almighty
God
the almighty dollar
☆Etymology: coined (1836) by Washington Irving
Informal money regarded figuratively as a god, or source of great power
almighty
modif.
Omnipotent
invincible, all-powerful, mighty, supreme; see powerful.Omnipresent
infinite, eternal, godlike, omnipresent, all-knowing, all-seeing, omniscient, deathless, immortal, deific, celestial, divine, godly, heavenly, enduring, pervading, all-pervading, boundless, illimitable, uncircumscribed, everlasting. *Great
*Exceedingly
Modifies a noun
- bang: Chris said: " There was an almighty bang.
- scramble: Bugsy then hit the 'keepers legs before an almighty scramble saw Hyde hit the bar three times before the ball was cleared.
- creator: God never fails - he is the almighty creator.
- roar: Then there is the almighty roar of the engine ( with all the bite of a small mouse ).
- racket: I am sure if, say, Glynn banged pots and pans for hours making an almighty racket he would be told to stop.
- dollar: Gold was the basis for all exchange rates, now the main base is the almighty dollar.
To fight for the right, to abhor the imperfect, the unjust, or the mean, to swerve neither to the right hand nor the left, to care nothing for flattery or applause or odium or abuseöit is so easy to have any of them in Indiaönever to let your enthusiasm be soured or your courage grow dim but to remember that the Almighty has placed your hand on the greatest of his ploughs, in whose furrow the nations of the future are germinating and taking shape, to drive the blade a little forward in your time and to feel that somewhere among those millions you have left, a little justice, or happiness or prosperity, a sense of manliness or moral dignity, a springof patriotism, a dawn of intellectual enlightenmentora stirringofduty whereit did not exist beforeöthat is enough, that is the Englishman's justification in India.
Just as the pious man prays without speaking a word and the Almighty hearkens unto him, so the artist with true feelings paints and the sensitive man understands and recognizes it.
And, pleased th'Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirl-wind, and directs the storm.
Behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high asheaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measurethereof islonger thanthe earth, and broader than the sea.
For who knows not that Truth is strong next to the Almighty? She needs no policies, nor stratagems, nor licensings to make her victorious.
The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. Th'unwearied sun from day to day Does his Creator's power display; And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand.
