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• s  extremely impressive in strength or excellence
  a formidable opponent
  the challenge was formidable
  had a formidable array of compositions to his credit
  the formidable army of brains at the Prime Minister's disposal
• s  inspiring fear
  the formidable prospect of major surgery

• Facing an operation as formidable as Clinton's, Obama says in an interview, "was liberating .
• Wal-Mart, with more than 50 stores in China and plans for hundreds more, is a formidable competitor, and Best Buy is setting up "lab" stores to gauge consumer tastes before rolling .
• Wie is driving her way straight through golf's formidable gender barriers.

• redoubtable
• unnerving

News & Articles

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• Mumford and Sons, Earl Sweatshirt Cancel Bonnaroo Sets
  Though Bonnaroo has a formidable lineup of acts gracing its stages this weekend, two acts -- Mumford and Sons and Earl Sweatshirt -- have cancelled...
  June 14, 2013 - Billboard
• Jacksons gather lawyers for sentencing
  Former prosecutors, specialist who helped Blagojevich among attorneys who will argue for leniency Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife have assembled a formidable team of eight lawyers assisting in their defense as they prepare for sentencing July 3, court filings show.        
  June 14, 2013 - Chicago Tribune
• NBA Finals 2013: Examining Miami Heat's extra gear
  There is no other team in the NBA like the Heat, insofar as there is no combination of stars akin to LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. The challenge of contending with those three — in either a well-spaced offense or scrambling defense — is strange and often devastating, as even formidable opponents fall victim to the crushing surges of which Miami is capable.
  June 14, 2013 - Sports Illustrated

Quotes

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• Roy Romer in AFP
  Romer, who was a national co-chairman of president Bill Clinton's re-election campaign in 1996, said "Senator Clinton has been a very strong and formidable candidate."
• Nobuo Tanaka in The Age
  My attitude is that Senator Clinton can run as long as she wants. Her name is on the ballot and she is a fierce and formidable competitor and she obviously believes that she would make the best nominee and the best president and I think that, you... Barack Obama http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHQ0yfPaaXFGqLKymRgcres0I2nuA FOXNews http://www.google.com/url?q=http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/03/29/obama-says-clinton-can-run-as-long-as-she-wants-to/&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEKqk5v6o-5jTGA9XX6ZWY2iJBcxw Mar 29, 2008 39263 50521 formidable There should be no doubt that meeting the target of a 50 per cent cut in emissions represents a formidable challenge," Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of the Paris-based IEA, told a press conference in Tokyo. "We would require immediate...