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formidable
/ˈfɔɹmɪdəbəl/
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What does formidable mean?
adjective
- Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.
- Difficult to defeat or overcome.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈfɔɹmɪdəbəl/
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Both of us called it by that name, though I was not able to see where any formidable change had been made.
He felt under his feet a formidable disaggregation, which was not, nevertheless, a reduction to dust, France being more France than ever.
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In the long black body, moving between wind and water, did they not see some formidable cetacean that they regarded with suspicion?
This would constitute a formidable weapon in any price-cutting campaigns entered upon by the I.G. in order to preserve her various monopolies.
There was some difficulty and considerable delay in freeing the children, though the extent of locking was not at any time formidable.