English adjective: formidable | |||
1. | formidable extremely impressive in strength or excellence | ||
Samples | 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 | ||
Antonyms | unimpressive | ||
2. | formidable inspiring fear | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | redoubtable, unnerving | ||
Similar | alarming | ||
Antonyms | unalarming | ||