doughty

¹

[ dou-tee ]

adjective

, dough·ti·er, dough·ti·est.

1. steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.

   Synonyms: dauntless, fearless, intrepid, bold, brave

Doughty

²

[ dou-tee ]

noun

1. Charles Mon·ta·gu [mon, -t, uh, -gyoo], 1843–1926, English traveler and writer.

Doughty

¹

/ ˈdaʊtɪ /

noun

1. DoughtyCharles Montagu18431926MEnglishWRITING: writerTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: traveller Charles Montagu. 1843–1926, English writer and traveller; author of Travels in Arabia Deserta (1888)

doughty

²

/ ˈdaʊtɪ /

adjective

1. hardy; resolute

Derived Forms

• ˈdoughtiness, noun
• ˈdoughtily, adverb

Other Words From

• doughti·ly adverb
• doughti·ness noun
• un·doughty adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of doughty¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English dohtig worthy, equivalent to *doht worth (cognate with Old High German toht; dow, -th ¹ ) + -ig -y ¹; replacing Old English dyhtig, cognate with German tüchtig

Word History and Origins

Origin of doughty¹

Old English dohtig; related to Old High German toht worth, Middle Dutch duchtich strong, Greek tukhē luck

Example Sentences

He is also the fifth player from the 2008 NHL draft class to hit that milestone, joining Steven Stamkos, Erik Karlsson, Jordan Eberle and Drew Doughty.

From Washington Post

True to form, Doughty had spent the previous four days driving around Maui.

From Washington Post

And, most likely, neither one of ours is quite like Doughty’s.

From Freakonomics

Doughty co-owns and operates Clarity Funerals & Cremation in Los Angeles.

From Freakonomics

Today on the Freakonomics Radio Book Club, we take Doughty back to her roots, with her 2014 debut memoir, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.

From Freakonomics

As Doughty explains, no one really knows what the rules are when it comes to death.

From The Daily Beast

Caitlin Doughty is certainly not the first person to publish a book about the funeral industry.

From The Daily Beast

I believe an archetype was born in those years, that of the doughty British woman—proud, opinionated, but with a heart of gold.

From The Daily Beast

But Doughty-Wylie was married, and as long as the war occupied them both neither could see a way out.

From The Daily Beast

She fell in love with Colonel Charles Doughty-Wylie, a soldier with a record of derring-do with appropriate movie star looks.

From The Daily Beast

At the mention of the doughty Scot I pounded the floor with my crutch and repeated "Dug—dug—dug."

From Project Gutenberg

The twain of them were doughty men, and noble in England, and both were very sage and well-beloved by the King.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a dismal hour for the proud court of the doughty governor.

From Project Gutenberg

If you only knew of all Galeazzo's doughty deeds on the journey!

From Project Gutenberg

The men refused this wager of battle, but fortune favored this doughty little cavalier, for presently a great storm arose.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• brave
• courageous
• fearless
• heroic
• intrepid
• stouthearted
• valiant