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A Word A Day : Formidable
Tuesday, 25th September 2007 : Today's Word is ...
Formidable
Pronunciation : faor'mi-de-bel
1. Arousing fear, dread or alarm
2. Inspiring awe, admiration or wonder
3. Difficult to undertake, surmount or defeat
4. Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental or spiritual strength
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin formidabilis, from formidare, to fear, from formido, fear
Appalling, Dire, Direful, Dreadful, Fearful, Fearsome, Frightful, Ghastly, Redoubtable, Scary, Terrible, Tremendous, Arduous, Backbreaking, Burdensome, Demanding, Difficult, Effortful, Exacting, Exigent, Hard, Heavy, Laborious, Onerous, Oppressive, Rigorous, Rough, Severe, Taxing, Tough, Trying, Weighty, Overwhelming, Horrible & Terrifying
Feeble, Friendly, Harmless, Nice, Pleasant, Powerless, Weak, Comforting, Easy, Not Hard, Pleasant &, Trivial
• Though a true hero, he was also a thoroughgoing bureaucrat and politician, a formidable combination (Mario Puzo).
• It may be imagined that a gentleman so qualified and so disposed, was in no danger of becoming formidable to the learned seminaries of Eton or Westminster.
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