The meaning of Formidable

adjective

Worrying or disturbing.

Usage examples:

Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate

verb

Make (someone) feel frightened, disturbed, or in danger.

adjective

Extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring awe.

Usage examples:

The awesome power of the atomic bomb

adverb

Extremely well; excellently.

Usage examples:

My yearly review went awesome

adjective

Causing feelings of great admiration, respect, or fear

Usage examples:

An awesome achievement, slang your new haircut is awesome (= extremely good).

adjective

Engaged in or showing deep thought about something that makes one sad, angry, or worried.

Usage examples:

He stared with brooding eyes

verb

Think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried.

Usage examples:

She had brooded over the subject a thousand times

adjective

Feeling sad, worried or angry for a long time

Usage examples:

Her films have a brooding atmosphere.

adjective

Horrifying or frightening.

Usage examples:

A chilling account of the prisoners' fate

verb

Make (someone) cold.

Usage examples:

They were chilled by a sudden wind

adjective

Seeming difficult to deal with in prospect; intimidating.

Usage examples:

A daunting task

verb

Make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive.

Usage examples:

Some people are daunted by technology

adjective

Making you feel slightly frightened or worried about your ability to achieve something

Usage examples:

The country was faced with the daunting prospect of overcoming four decades of division.

adjective

Inducing feelings of anxiety or worry.

Usage examples:

He found jean's gaze disquieting

verb

Make (someone) worried or uneasy.

Usage examples:

World leaders are surely disquieted by the prospect of a global economic meltdown

adjective

Causing anxiety; worrying

Usage examples:

The sheer size of their armed forces is a disquieting factor for neighboring countries.

adjective

Causing anxiety; worrying.

Usage examples:

Disturbing unemployment figures

verb

Interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of.

Usage examples:

Take the rollers out carefully so as not to disturb the curls too much

adjective

Making you feel worried or upset

Usage examples:

The article described the latest crime figures as "disturbing"., the following programme contains s…

adjective

Causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious.

Usage examples:

There's been a dreadful accident

adjective

Very bad

Usage examples:

I realized i had committed a dreadful mistake.

adjective

Frightening, especially in appearance.

Usage examples:

The cat mewed, displaying a fearsome set of teeth

adjective

Frightening

Usage examples:

A fearsome reputation, a fearsome display of violence

adjective

Unfriendly or threatening in appearance.

Usage examples:

A grim and forbidding building

verb

Refuse to allow (something).

Usage examples:

I can see why phones were forbidden

noun

A feeling that something bad will happen; fearful apprehension.

Usage examples:

With a sense of foreboding she read the note

adjective

Implying that something bad is going to happen.

Usage examples:

When the doctor spoke, his voice was dark and foreboding

verb

(of a situation or occurrence) act as an advance warning of (something bad).

Usage examples:

This lull foreboded some new assault upon him

adjective

Making someone afraid or anxious; terrifying.

Usage examples:

A frightening experience

verb

Make (someone) afraid or anxious.

Usage examples:

The savagery of his thoughts frightened him

adjective

Making you feel fear

Usage examples:

A frightening situation, my car insurance payments are frightening., his heart rate changed frighte…

adjective

Causing horror; extremely shocking.

Usage examples:

A horrifying incident

verb

Fill with horror; shock greatly.

Usage examples:

They were horrified by the very idea

adjective

Very shocking

Usage examples:

Horrifying injuries/conditions/news

adjective

Having a frightening, overawing, or threatening effect.

Usage examples:

The intimidating defence barrister

verb

Frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants.

Usage examples:

The forts are designed to intimidate the population

adjective

Making you feel frightened or nervous

Usage examples:

An intimidating array of weapons, an intimidating manner, she can be very intimidating when she's a…

adjective

Giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious.

Usage examples:

There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead

adjective

Suggesting something unpleasant will happen

Usage examples:

An ominous silence, clouds had gathered ominously.

verb

Change (organic matter) into a stony substance by encrusting or replacing it with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit.

Usage examples:

The chemical components used to artificially petrify wood can be found in natural settings around v…

adjective

(of a person) formidable, especially as an opponent.

Usage examples:

He was a redoubtable debater

adjective

Causing extreme fear.

Usage examples:

The terrifying events of the past few weeks

verb

Cause to feel extreme fear.

Usage examples:

The thought terrifies me

adjective

Very frightening

Usage examples:

A terrifying experience/ordeal