Meaning of REDOUBTABLE
| Pronunciation: | | ri'dawtubul
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] having or worthy of pride; "redoubtable scholar of the Renaissance"; "born of a redoubtable family"
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| | Synonyms: | | alarming, formidable, glorious, illustrious, proud, respected, unnerving |
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| | Definition: | | \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}.]
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