Formidable
Formidable adjective - Causing fear.
Usage example: a formidable, irascible old man who frightened the neighborhood children
Hideous and formidable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hideous" instead an adjective "Formidable".
Nearby Word: formidably
Hideous
Hideous adjective - Extremely disturbing or repellent.
Usage example: a hideous crime that could not be fully described in the newspapers
Formidable and hideous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formidable" instead an adjective "Hideous".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- monstrous and formidable
- monstrous and hideous
- terrible and formidable
- terrible and hideous
- dreadful and formidable
- dreadful and hideous
- frightful and formidable
- frightful and hideous
- horrendous and formidable
- horrendous and hideous
- horrible and formidable
- horrible and hideous
- appalling and formidable
- appalling and hideous
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