high+and+mighty

  • 111high — Synonyms and related words: Dutch courage, Gymnasium, Hydromatic, Latin school, Olympian, Realgymnasium, Realschule, a bit much, a high, abandoned, above, abovestairs, academy, accented, acme, acute, aerial, afflicted, aged, aggrandized, agog,… …

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  • 112mighty — Synonyms and related words: Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, able bodied, absolute, abysmal, aggrandized, almighty, apotheosized, armipotent, ascendant, astronomic, august, authoritarian, authoritative,… …

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  • 113mighty — 1 adjective especially literary very strong and powerful, or very big and impressive: the mighty Mississippi river | a mighty king see also: high and mighty high 1 (19) 2 adverb (+ adj/adv) AmE informal very: It s mighty good to see you …

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  • 114mighty — 1. noun Influential, powerful beings. The high and the mighty get what they want. 2. adjective Very strong, possessing might. The bosss son always acts high and mighty. 3. adverb Very …

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  • 115mighty — [[t]ma͟ɪti[/t]] mightier, mightiest 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Mighty is used to describe something that is very large or powerful. [LITERARY] There was a flash and a mighty bang. ...a land marked with vast lakes and mighty rivers. 2) ADV GRADED:… …

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  • 116mighty — might|y1 [ˈmaıti] adj comparative mightier superlative mightiest literary very strong and powerful, or very big and impressive ▪ the mighty Mississippi river ▪ a mighty army →high and mighty at ↑high1 (26) mighty 2 mighty2 …

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  • 117high — 1 /haI/ adjective MEASUREMENT/DISTANCE 1 FROM BOTTOM TO TOP something that is high measures a long distance from its bottom to its top: the highest mountain in Japan | a castle surrounded by high walls | 100 feet/30 metres etc high: a building 20 …

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  • 118high — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a of great vertical extent (a high building). b (predic.; often in comb.) of a specified height (one inch high; water was waist high). 2 a far above ground or sea level etc. (a high altitude). b inland, esp. when raised… …

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  • 119high — /haɪ / (say huy) adjective 1. having a great or considerable reach or extent upwards; lofty; tall. 2. having a specified extent upwards. 3. situated above the ground or some base; elevated. 4. far above the horizon, as a heavenly body. 5. lying… …

  • 120high — {{11}}high (adj.) O.E. heh (Anglian), heah (W.Saxon) of great height, lofty, tall, exalted, high class, from P.Gmc. *haukhaz (Cf. O.S. hoh, O.N. har, Dan. hèi, Swed. hög, O.Fris. hach, Du. hoog, O.H.G. hoh, Ger. hoch, Goth. hauhs …

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