formidable

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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Definition

From Middle English formidable, from Old French formidable, formible, from Latin formīdābilis (“formidable, terrible”), from formīdō (“fear, dread”).

Only one, but a very formidable person. — The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
“Oh, what a formidable one!” said he. — War and Peace, Leo, graf Tolstoy
It was the formidable visage of Quasimodo. — Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo

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