Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming.
- 2adjective
inspiring fear- G.H.Johnston
"the formidable prospect of major surgery"
"a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"
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- 3adjective
extremely impressive in strength or excellence
"a formidable opponent"
"the challenge was formidable"
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