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[ nahy ] / naɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR nigh ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbnear in space, time, or relation: The time draws nigh. nearly; almost; (often followed by on or onto): nigh onto twenty years. adjective, nigh·er, nigh·est.near; approaching: Evening is nigh. short or direct: to take the nighest route. (of an animal or vehicle) being on the left side: to be astride the nigh horse. Archaic. parsimonious; stingy. verb (used with or without object)Origin of nighbefore 900; Middle English nigh(e), neye,Old English nēah, nēh, cognate with Dutch na,German nahe,Old Norse nā-,Gothic nehw, nehwa;cf. near, next OTHER WORDS FROM nighun·nigh, adjectiveWords nearby nighniggardly, nigger, nigger heaven, niggle, niggling, nigh, night, night and day, night-blind, night blindness, night-blooming cereus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nighThree quarters of those people believe the end of the world is nigh. The Evangelical Apocalypse Is All Your Fault|Jay Michaelson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST Naturally, this has doomsayers preaching that the end is nigh. Best of the ‘Blood Moon’|The Daily Beast Video|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Replacing the bread in a sandwich with fried meat makes me worry the apocalypse is nigh. Doc Says No to Soylent|Russell Saunders|May 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST We pulled every string we could for nigh on a year and a half. Can You Paint Like Johannes Vermeer, Too?|Andrew Romano|December 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It has used that rage mostly effectively for nigh on 50 years now, since Barry Goldwater. The Day the Mad Dogs Took Over the Republican Party|Michael Tomasky|October 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST Makes me nigh get that way myself, every time I recall—Whist! Dorothy at Oak Knowe|Evelyn Raymond Perhaps, indeed, the end of time is nigh, and we shall witness that fall of the old world with which others threaten us. The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete|Emile Zola A long hour had nigh elapsed, and the watchers were grown weary. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)|John Roby "The poor crathur's nigh murthered wid him intirely," said a countrywoman from the street. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson|Anthony Trollope And fear'st thou not the fiery host of Greece, Thy foes implacable, so nigh at hand?
British Dictionary definitions for nigh
adjective, adverb, prepositionan archaic, poetic, or dialect word for near Word Origin for nighOld English nēah, nēh; related to German nah, Old Frisian nei. Compare near, next Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to nighclose, nearly, about, adjacent, almost, beside, neighboring, practically |