All 4 Uses of
formidable
in
The Call of the Wild
- This accomplished, the outfit, though cut in half, was still a formidable bulk.
Chpt 5 *formidable = intimidating or impressive
- His cunning was wolf cunning, and wild cunning; his intelligence, shepherd intelligence and St. Bernard intelligence; and all this, plus an experience gained in the fiercest of schools, made him as formidable a creature as any that intelligence roamed the wild.†
Chpt 7
- Buck had already dragged down a stray part-grown calf; but he wished strongly for larger and more formidable quarry, and he came upon it one day on the divide at the head of the creek.†
Chpt 7
- He was in a savage temper, and, standing over six feet from the ground, was as formidable an antagonist as even Buck could desire.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(formidable) intimidating or impressive -- arousing fear or admiration due to impressiveness or challenge