formidability
Americannoun
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The fact that study participants across cultures perceived a lower male voice pitch as conferring formidability and high social status suggests that these characteristics were likely conferred to our ancestors as well, Puts said.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024
Stripped to their essentials, however, our constitutional processes gain a certain stark formidability.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2021
Nevertheless, it was the first silver medal in five years for Tiger, asserting an air of formidability to his return.
From Golf Digest ● Dec. 14, 2018
He has also frequently worried about the formidability of Assad’s air defenses, a mixture of Soviet-era missiles and jets, mostly along Syria’s western coast.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2014
He had soft places and was girdled with a ponderous stomach and huge buttocks, but the weight did not diminish his formidability.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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