redoubtable
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adjective \ri-ˈdau̇-tə-bəl\Definition of REDOUBTABLE
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: causing fear or alarm : formidable
See Examples of REDOUBTABLE
- There is a new biography of the redoubtable Winston Churchill.
- <his next opponent, the reigning champion, would be by far the most redoubtable adversary the young boxer had ever faced>
Origin of REDOUBTABLE
Middle English redoutable, from Anglo-French, from reduter to dread, from re- + duter to doubt
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to REDOUBTABLE
- Synonyms
- alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, fearful, scary, shocking, spine-chilling, terrible, terrifying
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