Formidability

Quick meaning: Formidability is a noun meaning The state of being formidable.

Meaning

The state of being formidable.

Example Sentences

A Mackintosh has been taken, who reduces their formidability, by being sent to raise two clans, and with orders, if they would not rise, at least to give out they had risen, for that three clans would leave the Pretender, unless joined by those two.

As Damien Hirst’s diamond-encrusted platinum skull has recently indicated, Death’s formidability often encourages extravagance. Mr. Fabre covers a skull in brilliantly colored beetle shells; Mr. Van Oost casts one in silver (with a hand poking its eyes out).

Word Forms

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Synonyms for formidability

Depending on context, synonyms include toughness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include toughness, imposingness, fearsomeness, imponderability, imponderableness, forcibleness.

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