nigh, well-nigh, apocalyptic, term of office

Despite calling Brown's term as prime minister a "disaster," Blair said preventing Brown's ascension to the office was "well-nigh impossible."

On March 31, 1968, President Johnson stunned the country by announcing he would not run for another term of office.

a well-nigh apocalyptic vision,
after all nigh

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apocalyptic

Pronunciation: /əpɒkəˈlɪptɪk/

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adjective

• describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the world:the apocalyptic visions of ecologists
• momentous or catastrophic:the struggle between the two countries is assuming apocalyptic proportions
• of or resembling the biblical Apocalypse:apocalyptic imagery

Derivatives

apocalyptically

adverb

Origin:

early 17th century (as a noun denoting the writer of the Apocalypse, St John): from Greek apokaluptikos, from apokaluptein 'uncover' (see apocalypse)

nigh

Pronunciation: /nʌɪ/

adverb , preposition , & adjective

• 1 archaic or literary near: [as adjective]:the end is nigh [as adverb]:they drew nigh unto the city

• 2almost: [as adverb]:a car weighing nigh on two tons

Origin:

Old English nēh, nēah, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch na, German nah. Compare with near

well-nigh
(wĕl'nī')
adv.
Nearly; almost.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost'
Synonyms: about, just about, almost, most, all but, nearly, near, nigh, virtually