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 | ||