Formidable vs. Wonderful
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Difference Between Formidable and Wonderful
Formidableadjective
Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.
Wonderfuladjective
Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
Formidableadjective
Difficult to defeat or overcome.
a formidable opponentWonderfuladjective
Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.
They served a wonderful six-course meal.Formidableadjective
extremely impressive in strength or excellence;
a formidable opponentthe challenge was formidablehad a formidable array of compositions to his creditthe formidable army of brains at the Prime Minister's disposalWonderfuladverb
(dialect) Exceedingly, to a great extent.
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Formidableadjective
inspiring fear;
the formidable prospect of major surgerya tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanaticsomething unnerving and prisonlike about high gray wallWonderfuladjective
extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers;
a fantastic trip to the Orientthe film was fantastic!a howling successa marvelous collection of rare bookshad a rattling conversation about politicsa tremendous achievement
