Redoubtable \Re*doubt"a*ble\ (-?*b'l), a. [F. redoutable,
formerly also spelt redoubtable.]
Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero;
hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque. [Written
also redoutable.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
redoubtable
adj 1: 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 gray
wall" [syn: formidable, unnerving]
2: having or worthy of pride; "redoubtable scholar of the
Renaissance"; "born of a redoubtable family" [syn: glorious,
illustrious, respected]
WordNet (r) 2.0
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "redoubtable":
appalling, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, celebrated,
dire, direful, distinguished, dread, dreaded, dreadful, eminent,
famed, fell, formidable, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, great, grim,
grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific,
horrifying, illustrious, macabre, morbid, notable, prominent,
renowned, schrecklich, shocking, terrible, terrific, tremendous
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
formidable, glorious, illustrious, respected, unnerving
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