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Formidable vs Forbidding - What's the difference?

formidable | forbidding |

As adjectives the difference between formidable and forbidding

is that formidable is causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment while forbidding is highly unpleasant or disagreeable.

As a verb forbidding is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun forbidding is

the act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.

formidable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment
  • difficult to defeat or overcome
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=May 9 , author=John Percy , title=Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report , work=the Telegraph citation , page= , passage=Holloway has unfinished business in the Premier League after relegation last year and he will make a swift return if he can overcome West Ham a week on Saturday. Sam Allardyce, the West Ham manager, will be acutely aware that when the stakes are high, Blackpool are simply formidable .}}

    forbidding

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • highly unpleasant or disagreeable
  • threatening or menacing
  • Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
  • * William Shakespeare
  • But all these poor forbiddings could not stay him.