Meaning

3 senses
  1. (postpositional, sometimes)Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful

    God almighty

    The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Genesis 17:1: “I am the Almightie God.”

    allmächtig

    всемогу́щийvsemogúščij, всеси́льныйvsesílʹnyj

    всемогу́тнійvsemohútnij, всемогу́чийvsemohúčyj, всемогу́щийvsemohúščyj

    having unlimited power

  2. (slang)Great; extreme; terrible.

    I heard an almighty crash and ran into the kitchen to see what had happened.

  3. (broadly)Having very great power, influence, etc.

    The almighty press condemned him without trial.

Examples

27 sentences
  1. Could an almighty god create a stone that he would not be able to subsequently lift?

    ruМожет ли всемогущий бог создать камень, который не смог бы потом поднять?

    deKönnte ein allmächtiger Gott einen Stein erschaffen, den er anschließend selbst nicht heben könnte?

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  2. Man is not as almighty as God.

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  3. The following morning I had an almighty hangover.

    ruНа следующее утро у меня было чудовищное похмелье.

    deAm nächsten Morgen hatte ich einen mächtigen Kater.

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  4. God is the almighty.

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  5. They worship the almighty dollar.

    ruОни поклоняются всемогущему доллару.

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Translations

8 languages
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Origin

From Middle English almyghty, almighty, from Old English ælmihtiġ (“all-powerful”), from P

From Middle English almyghty, almighty, from Old English ælmihtiġ (“all-powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *alamahtīgaz, equivalent to al- + might + -y.

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Forms

more almighty, most almighty
Comparativemore almighty Lesson
Superlativemost almighty Lesson

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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