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redoubtable

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of redoubtable

1 causing fear

his next opponent, the reigning champion, would be by far the most redoubtable adversary the young boxer had ever faced

Synonyms of redoubtable

alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, scary, shocking, spine-chilling, terrible, terrifying

Words Related to redoubtable

daunting, demoralizing, disconcerting, discouraging, dismaying, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, startling, threatening, troubling, trying, unnerving

bone-chilling, creepy, eerie (also eery), weird

appalling, atrocious, awful, grisly, gruesome (also grewsome), hideous, horrid, macabre, monstrous, nightmarish

Near Antonyms of redoubtable

calming, comforting, consoling, inviting, lulling, pacifying, quieting, reassuring, relaxing, soothing, tranquilizing (also tranquillizing)

nonintimidating, nonthreatening

2 standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement

a surprising discovery by one of the most redoubtable figures in Egyptian archaeology

Synonyms of redoubtable

astral, bright, distinguished, eminent, illustrious, luminous, noble, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, preeminent, prestigious, signal, star, superior

Words Related to redoubtable

celebrated, exalted, famed, famous, glorious, honored, renowned, reputable

infamous, notorious

dominant, paramount, predominant

Near Antonyms of redoubtable

insignificant, minor, unimportant

average, inferior, mediocre

obscure, uncelebrated, unsung

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