'Formidable' definitions:

Definition of 'formidable'

From: WordNet
adjective
Extremely impressive in strength or excellence; "a formidable opponent"; "the challenge was formidable"; "had a formidable array of compositions to his credit"; "the formidable army of brains at the Prime Minister's disposal"
adjective
Inspiring fear; "the formidable prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel- clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston; "something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall" [syn: formidable, redoubtable, unnerving]

Definition of 'Formidable'

From: GCIDE
  • Formidable \For"mi*da*ble\, a. [L. formidabilis, fr. formidare to fear, dread: cf. F. formidable.] Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming. [1913 Webster]
  • They seemed to fear the formodable sight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • I swell my preface into a volume, and make it formidable, when you see so many pages behind. --Drydn.
  • Syn: Dreadful; fearful; terrible; frightful; shocking; horrible; terrific; tremendous. [1913 Webster]

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