Usually means: Impressive and intimidating in strength.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. formidable: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. formidable: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. formidable: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. formidable: Collins English Dictionary
  5. formidable: Vocabulary.com
  6. Formidable, formidable: Wordnik
  7. formidable: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. formidable: Wiktionary
  9. formidable: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. formidable: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. formidable: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Formidable, formidable: Dictionary.com
  13. formidable: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. formidable: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Formidable (La Toya Jackson album), Formidable (horse), Formidable (song), Formidable: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Formidable: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. formidable: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. formidable: Rhymezone
  19. formidable, formidable: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. formidable: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. formidable: Free Dictionary
  22. formidable: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. formidable: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. formidable: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. formidable: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. formidable: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. formidable: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.
▸ adjective:  Difficult to defeat or overcome.

Similar:
redoubtable, alarming, impressive, unnerving, imposing, behemothian, tremendous, behemothic, stupendous, monumental, more...

Opposite:
weak, feeble, harmless, ineffectual, unimpressive

Phrases:
The Joy Formidable, formidable hindu deity, formidable challenger, formidable task, opposite of formidable, more...

Colors:
    crimson,     midnight blue,     charcoal,     onyx,     burgundy,     emerald,     slate gray,     indigo,     maroon,     forest green


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Similar:
redoubtable, alarming, impressive, unnerving, imposing, behemothian, tremendous, behemothic, stupendous, monumental, more...

Opposite:
weak, feeble, harmless, ineffectual, unimpressive

Phrases:
The Joy Formidable, formidable hindu deity, formidable challenger, formidable task, opposite of formidable, formidable opponent, formidable foe, formidable creature, formidable female, more...

Colors:
    crimson,     midnight blue,     charcoal,     onyx,     burgundy,     emerald,     slate gray,     indigo,     maroon,     forest green



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