formidable meaning and definition

FORMIDABLE adjective

Definition of formidable (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: redoubtable, unnerving