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formidable
What does formidable mean?
formidable (adjective): extremely impressive in strength or excellence.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use formidable in a sentence?
- The challenge was formidable. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does formidable come from?
From Middle English formidable, from Old French formidable, formible.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “formidable” mean?
wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions
Not quite: that's what rich means.
the greatest or most complete or best possible
Not quite: that's what maximum means.
extremely impressive in strength or excellence
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not large or big; insignificant; few in number
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