(adj) extremely impressive in strength or excellence, Example: 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
(adj) inspiring fear; ; - G.H.Johnston, Syn.unnerving, redoubtable, Example: 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
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.
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