formidable
adjective /fəˈmɪdəbl/, /ˈfɔːmɪdəbl/
/ˈfɔːrmɪdəbl/, /fərˈmɪdəbl/
- if people, things or situations are formidable, you feel fear and/or respect for them, because they are impressive or powerful, or because they seem very difficult
- In debate he was a formidable opponent.
- Somehow the small but formidable woman fought her way through the crowd to reach her son.
- She has a formidable list of qualifications.
- The two players together make a formidable combination.
- The task was a formidable one.
- They had to overcome formidable obstacles.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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Word Originlate Middle English: from French, or from Latin formidabilis, from formidare ‘to fear’.