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# formidable

«formidable» in Mova's school dictionary: **so strong or fierce that people feel afraid or find it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more formidable, most formidable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Formidable means so strong or fierce that people feel afraid or find it hard to beat: a formidable enemy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/formidable/#m1)

2) Formidable can also mean very impressive or hard to deal with: a formidable task. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/formidable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

used of enemies, monsters and guards in tales, and of a lagoon that seems dangerous instead of friendly

### examples

- The giants were formidable neighbours with six arms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/formidable/#x1)
- The guard and his formidable body-guard stood at the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/formidable/#x2)
- The mountain looked formidable to the tired walkers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/formidable/#x3)
- Climbing that steep hill is a formidable task. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/formidable/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «formidable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/formidable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.