Meanings (ES + gloss)
formidable
Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.
The latter part of the fifteenth century prepared a train of future events, that ended by raising France to a formidable power, which has ever since been, from time to time, the pr…
[…] and I am more afraid of those people than I am of Anytus and his colleagues, although they are formidable enough.
formidable
Difficult to defeat or overcome.
As I look back on that week in China two impressions stand out most vividly. One is the awesome sight of the disciplined but wildly—almost fanatically—enthusiastic audience at the…
a formidable opponent
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