formidable

IPA: fˈɔrmʌdʌbʌɫ

Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.
Difficult to defeat or overcome.

Examples of "formidable" in Sentences

He lauded Kagan for what he described as her formidable intellect and path-breaking career.
Yet formidable is not a strong enough adjective to describe the conditions Richard had to overcome.
I think 'formidable' is appropriate, 'fearful' is applicable in a political sense but 'dreadful' is quite de trop.
This is an area surrounded by cacti, standing mature on the rims of cliffs, bleak yet luxuriant in formidable clusters.
When I spoke to Huddleston he was full of praise for Shuker, whom he described as a formidable opponent and star of a future Labour government.
Fitch cautioned that the country's sovereign ratings remained constrained by relatively low levels of external liquidity as well as what it described as formidable social and structural challenges.
From this latter practice arose their name — CONDOTTIERI; a term formidable all over Italy, for a period, which concluded in the earlier part of the seventeenth century, but of which it is not so easy to ascertain the commencement.
From this latter practice arose their name -- CONDOTTIERI; a term formidable all over Italy, for a period, which concluded in the earlier part of the seventeenth century, but of which it is not so easy to ascertain the commencement.
Needless to say, though the formal table setting has simplified much since the 19th century, the array of flatware, dishes and glasses remain formidable and continue to impose a barrier between the wealthy and the middle - and lower-classes.