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redoubtable Definition

re·doubt·able (-ə bəl)

adjective

  1. formidable; fearsome a redoubtable foe
  2. commanding respect a redoubtable logician

Etymology: ME redowtable < MFr redoutable < redouter, to fear, dread < L re-, intens. + dubitare, to doubt

redoubtable Related Forms
re·doubt·ably adverb
redoubtable Synonyms

redoubtable

modif.

redoubtable Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • ponce: One other child redoubtable ponce de distance of the interest on our.
  • Mrs: With Rita, I had been a guest here of the redoubtable Mrs Doreen Whitehead on a Coast to Coast Walk some years before.
  • wife: She was the redoubtable wife of a somewhat ineffectual husband, who was a querulous and failing lawyer.
  • campaigner: A very strong campaign for that is based in Bilston in my constituency, led by the redoubtable campaigner, Tom Larkin.
  • opponent: Julian emerged the winner and went on to face Stuart Mann, another redoubtable opponent, in the quarter-finals.
  • lady: They all wished either to make or renew their acquaintance with that redoubtable lady.

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