Formidable vs Superlative - What's the difference?
formidable | superlative |
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
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, title=Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report
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The highest extent or degree of something.
(label) The form of an adjective that expresses which of more than two items has the highest degree of the quality expressed by the adjective; in English, formed by appending "-est" to the end of the adjective (for some short adjectives only) or putting "most" before it.
(label) An adjective used to praise something exceptional.
Exceptionally good; of the highest quality; superb.
(grammar) Of or relating to a superlative.
As an adjective 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.As a noun superlative is
.formidable
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Adjective
(en adjective)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 .}}