Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Formidable \For"mi*da*ble\, 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.
Syn: Dreadful; fearful; terrible; frightful; shocking;
horrible; terrific; tremendous.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
formidable
adj 1: extremely impressive in strength or excellence; "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"
2: inspiring fear; "the formidable prospect of major surgery";
"a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-
clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston; "something
unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall" [syn:
{formidable}, {redoubtable}, {unnerving}]
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
formidable /foʀmidabl/
extraordinary; formidable; gigantic; ; enormous; immense; colossal; huge; horrible
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