formidable

formidable is a 10-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming.
2. adjective. inspiring fear- G.H.Johnston

   "the formidable prospect of major surgery"

   "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"

   Synonyms: redoubtable, unnerving

3. adjective. extremely impressive in strength or excellence

   "a formidable opponent"

   "the challenge was formidable"

Synonyms

redoubtable, unnerving

Common word forms

formidableness

Words from these letters

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