almighty

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishalmightyal‧might‧y /ɔːlˈmaɪti $ ɒːl-/ ●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる adjective 1 → the Almighty/Almighty God/Almighty Father 2 → God/Christ Almighty 3 → almighty din/crash/row etc Examples from the Corpusalmighty• An almighty cloudburst of possibilities had cascaded over his head and he loved that too.• I hope it gave them an almighty hangover.• She stood her ground and got an almighty shove from Vassily, who smiled at me apologetically as he delivered the blow.• If two men ever met, there would be an almighty, violent battle.• When we passed a small shrine by the side of the track everyone let out an almighty whoop of greeting.Origin almighty Old English ealmihtig, from eall "completely" + mihtig "powerful"

Quizzes

Take our quick quizzes to practise your vocabulary.
We have thousands of six-question quizzes to try.
Choose from collocations, synonyms, phrasal verbs and more.

More results

See all results

Pictures of the day

What are these?

Image of alabaster Image of agate

Click on the pictures to check.

Explore topics

See all topics

Word of the day play up to emphasize something, sometimes making it seem more important than it really is