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Look up: formidable

  1. formidable
    [adj] - extremely impressive in strength or excellence 2. [adj] - inspiring fear
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Formidable
    For'mi·da·ble adjective [ Latin formidabilis , from formidare to fear, dread: confer French formidable .] Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming. « They seemed to fear the formodable sight.» Dryden. « I swell my preface into a volume, and make it fo ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/64

  3. formidable
    redoubtable adjective inspiring fear; `the formidable prospect of major surgery`; `a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic`- G.H.Johnston; `something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  4. Formidable
    `Formidable` is the soundtrack to the show performed at the Moulin Rouge in Paris, France by American singer La Toya Jackson. Only 3,000 copies were pressed and it has become one of the most sought-after albums by La Toya's fans. La Toya was the main attraction at the Moulin Rouge for four months, at which point she broke her contract and was fined $550,000 by the owners of Moulin Rouge.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formidable

  5. Formidable
    • (a.) Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. Formidable
    (from the article `World War II`) ...including the battleships Warspite, Valiant, and Barham and the aircraft carrier Formidable, likewise with cruisers and destroyers, were sent to ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/48

  7. formidable
    formidable 1. Difficult to deal with or to overcome; such as, preparing for war is a formidable task. 2. Inspiring respect or wonder because of size, strength, or ability: 'She exhibited a formidable display of skill as she worked with her computer.' 3. Causing fear, dread, or alarm.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf


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9 November 2009

This day in history:
On 9 November 1989 the Berlin Wall was finally breached by jubilant Berliners , unifying a city that had been divided for over 30 years. The 28-mile (45 km) barrier dividing Germany's capital was built in 1961 to prevent East Berliners fleeing to the West, but as Communism in the Soviet Republic and Eastern Europe began to crumble, pressure mounted on the East German authorities to open the Berlin border. At midnight on 9th November East Germany's Communist rulers gave permission for gates along the Wall to be opened after hundreds of people converged on crossing points. They surged through cheering and shouting and were be met by jubilant West Berliners on the other side. read more

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