Definition of formidable Formidable
/fɔˈɹmʌdʌbʌl/ - [formudubul] - for•mi•da•ble
We found 6 definitions of formidable from 4 different sources.
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What does formidable mean?
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| formidable - 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" | ||
| impressive producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture" | ||
| formidable - 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" | ||
| redoubtable, unnerving | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- formidable (a.)
Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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formidable
for′mi-da-bl, adj. causing fear: adapted to excite fear.—ns. Formidabil′ity; For′midableness.—adv. For′midably. [Fr.,—L. formidabilis—formido, fear.]
