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mightened

mightened is the misspelling of mightn't.

Meaning of mightn't

Verb

mightn't

  1. (UK, archaic) might not (negative auxiliary)
    • Her driver was new to the country; he mightn't be prepared for the leaping of the yellow water down dry arroyos, swift as the pouncings of a cat, or the snake-like slidings of tons of loosened rock and clay from the steep potreros […]1931, Mary Hunter Austin, Starry Adventure, page 274

Questions about mightened

What is mightened the misspelling of?
Mightened is the misspelling of mightn't.

Words near mightened in the dictionary

  1. might-have-been
  2. might-have-beens
  3. mighta
  4. mighte
  5. Mighten
  6. mightened
  7. mighteous
  8. mighter
  9. mightest
  10. mighteth
  11. mightful

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mightened (page history and authors); mightn't (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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