mighty – English adjective declension

English adjective forms of mighty

Adjective: mighty

Comparison Forms

Synthetic

Comparativemightier
Superlativemightiest

Perifrastic

Sample Sentences

  • He's a mighty wrestler, but you are faster than him.
  • Wise in heart, and mighty in strength. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 9:4:]
  • Thor swung his mighty hammer.
  • He gave the ball a mighty hit.
  • Having listened attentively to the statement of Wandle Schoonhoven, giving an occasionable grunt, as he shovelled a mighty spoonful of Indian pudding into his mouth […] [1809, A History of New York, Washington Irving:]
  • His mighty works [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 11:20:]
  • Under his ſpecial eie / Abſtemious I [Samson] grew up and thriv'd amain; / He led me on to mightieſt deeds / Above the nerve of mortal arm / Againſt the uncircumciſ'd, our enemies. [1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 42, lines 637–638:]
  • Mighty was their fuss about little matters. [1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:]
  • Tonight's a mighty opportunity to have a party.
  • She's a mighty cook.

Adjectives inflected like mighty

syrupy, seemly, seggsy, snuffy, snippy, snitty, sniffy, snotty, snouty, snobby, snoozy, snooty, snazzy, snappy, snarky, snarly, snassy, snaily, snacky, snaggy, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)

Etymology

1. From Middle English mighty, mightie, mighti, myghty, miȝty, maȝty, from Old English mihtiġ, mehtiġ, meahtiġ, mæhtiġ (“mighty”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtīg (“mighty”), from Proto-Germanic *mahtīgaz (“mighty”), equivalent to might + -y.
2. Cognate with Scots michty, mychty, Saterland Frisian machtich, Dutch machtig, German Low German machtig, German mächtig, Swedish mäktig. See: Dutch Adjectives 'machtig', German Adjectives 'mächtig', Swedish Adjectives 'mäktig'.

Verbs referencing "mighty"

German Adjectives mächtig, Dutch Adjectives machtig, Gothic Adjectives 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃.