Nigh Definition

nī
nigher, nighest
adverb
Near in time, place, etc.
Webster's New World
Nearly; almost.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
nigher, nighest
Near; close.
Webster's New World
On the left.
Webster's New World
Being the animal or vehicle on the left.
The nigh horse.
American Heritage

(archaic, poetic) Near, close by.

The end is nigh!
Wiktionary
Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
Wiktionary
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preposition
Near; near to.
Webster's New World
verb

To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.

Night is nighing, death is nighing.
Nighing his hour.
A death-nighing moan.
Wiktionary

Origin of Nigh

  • Old English nēah, nēh, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English neigh from Old English nēah, nēh

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Nigh Sentence Examples

  • The darkest days were nigh.

  • The French and English were sufficiently equal in strength to make the task of government well nigh impossible.

  • With slightly sweaty or greasy hands it's nigh on impossible to grasp the player adequately.

  • Otkar continues to answer " Not yet," adding at last " When thou shalt see the fields bristling with an iron harvest, and the Po and the Ticino swollen with sea-floods, inundating the walls of the city with iron billows, then shall Karl be nigh at hand."

  • These events shook the whole Persian empire; Babylon and other subject states rose in revolt, and to the Jews it seemed that Persia was tottering and that the Messianic era was nigh.

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Words Starting With

NNINIG

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