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English to English adjective
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Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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extremely impressive in strength or excellence | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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inspiring fear | | Example: the formidable prospect of major surgery
a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic
something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall
source: wordnet30
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