FORMIDABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does formidable mean? • FORMIDABLE (adjective)
The adjective FORMIDABLE has 2 senses:
1. extremely impressive in strength or excellence
2. inspiring fear
Familiarity information: FORMIDABLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FORMIDABLE (adjective)
Meaning:
Extremely impressive in strength or excellence
Context examples:
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
Similar:
impressive (making a strong or vivid impression)
Meaning:
Inspiring fear
Synonyms:
redoubtable; unnerving; formidable
Context examples:
the formidable prospect of major surgery / a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic / something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall
Similar:
alarming (causing alarm or fear)
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