formidable
Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.
Other meanings
Difficult to defeat or overcome.
“a formidable opponent”
Related words
- formidability
- formidableness
- formidably
- informidable
- superformidable
- unformidable
Word history
From Latin "formīdābilis" (formidable, terrible).
Where this comes from
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