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almighty Definition

al·mighty (ôl mītē)

adjective

  1. having unlimited power; all-powerful
  2. Informal great; extreme an almighty nuisance

Etymology: ME almihtig < OE ealmihtig < eal, all + mihtig, mighty

adverb

Slang extremely

almighty Related Forms
al·mighti·ly adverb al·mighti·ness noun
almighty Idioms

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 Synonyms

almighty

modif.

  1. Omnipotent

    invincible, all-powerful, mighty, supreme; see powerful.

  2. 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.

    Antonyms mortal*, transient*, finite. *

  3. *Great

    intense, extreme, terrible, severe; see extreme 2.

  4. *Exceedingly

    extremely, greatly, acutely; see very.

Almighty Synonyms

Almighty

n.

All-ruling, Omnipotent, All-powerful; see god 2.

almighty Usage Examples

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.
almighty Quotes

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.

—Curzon (of Kedleston), Lord George Nathaniel

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.

—Friedrich, Caspar David

   And, pleased th'Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirl-wind, and directs the storm.

—Addison,Joseph

Behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

—Bible (Old Testament)

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.

—Bible (Old Testament)

For who knows not that Truth is strong next to the Almighty? She needs no policies, nor stratagems, nor licensings to make her victorious.

—Milton,John

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.

—Addison,Joseph

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