All 4 Uses of
formidable
in
The House of the Seven Gables
- "Well, child," said she, taking heart at sight of a personage so little formidable,—"well, my child, what did you wish for?"†
Chpt 3 *formidable = intimidating or impressive
- Possibly, the Judge was aware how little true hardihood lay behind Hepzibah's formidable front.†
Chpt 8
- "My dear cousin," said Judge Pyncheon, with a quietude which he had the power of making more formidable than any violence, "since your brother's return, I have taken the precaution (a highly proper one in the near kinsman and natural guardian of an individual so situated) to have his deportment and habits constantly and carefully overlooked.†
Chpt 15
- Maule's well had overflowed its stone border, and made a pool of formidable breadth in that corner of the garden.†
Chpt 19
Definition:
intimidating or impressive -- arousing fear or admiration due to impressiveness or challenge