Formidable
Formidable adjective - Causing fear.
Usage example: a formidable, irascible old man who frightened the neighborhood children
Fearful is a synonym for formidable in property topic. In some cases you can use "Fearful" instead an adjective "Formidable", when it comes to topics like fear, dreadful, horrible, awful.
Nearby Word: formidably
Fearful
Fearful adjective - Causing fear.
Usage example: the fearful roar of a lion
Formidable is a synonym for fearful in property topic. You can use "Formidable" instead an adjective "Fearful", if it concerns topics such as fear, dreadful, awful, horrifying.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- dread and formidable
- dread and fearful
- terrible and formidable
- terrible and fearful
- dreadful and formidable
- dreadful and fearful
- frightful and formidable
- frightful and fearful
- horrendous and formidable
- horrendous and fearful
- horrible and formidable
- horrible and fearful
- appalling and formidable
- appalling and fearful
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