doughty

[ dou-tee ]

/ ˈdaʊ ti /

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adjective, dough·ti·er, dough·ti·est.

steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.

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brave, bold, intrepid, fearless, dauntless.

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Origin of doughty

before 1000; Middle English; Old English dohtig worthy, equivalent to *doht worth (cognate with Old High German toht;see dow, -th¹) + -ig-y¹; replacing Old English dyhtig, cognate with German tüchtig

OTHER WORDS FROM doughty

dough·ti·ly, adverbdough·ti·ness, nounun·dough·ty, adjective

Words nearby doughty

doughface, doughfoot, dough hook, doughnut, doughnut hole, doughty, doughy, Douglas, Douglas bag, Douglas fir, Douglas-Home

Other definitions for doughty (2 of 2)

Doughty

[ dou-tee ]

/ ˈdaʊ ti /

noun

Charles Mon·ta·gu

[mon-tuh-gyoo], /ˈmɒn təˌgyu/, 1843–1926, English traveler and writer.

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How to use doughty in a sentence

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.
This time, Capitals build a big lead and keep a grip on it, beating Flyers, 5-3|Samantha Pell|March 12, 2021|Washington Post
True to form, Doughty had spent the previous four days driving around Maui.
A Maui vacation in three acts|Alex Pulaski|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
And, most likely, neither one of ours is quite like Doughty’s.
How to Be Better at Death (Ep. 450)|Maria Konnikova|February 4, 2021|Freakonomics
Doughty co-owns and operates Clarity Funerals & Cremation in Los Angeles.
How to Be Better at Death (Ep. 450)|Maria Konnikova|February 4, 2021|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.
How to Be Better at Death (Ep. 450)|Maria Konnikova|February 4, 2021|Freakonomics
As Doughty explains, no one really knows what the rules are when it comes to death.
Cremains of the Day|Jessica Ferri|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Caitlin Doughty is certainly not the first person to publish a book about the funeral industry.
Cremains of the Day|Jessica Ferri|October 10, 2014|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.
The Tragic, Heroic Women of World War I|Jacqueline Winspear|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Doughty-Wylie was married, and as long as the war occupied them both neither could see a way out.
Gertrude of Arabia, the Woman Who Invented Iraq|Clive Irving|June 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She fell in love with Colonel Charles Doughty-Wylie, a soldier with a record of derring-do with appropriate movie star looks.
Gertrude of Arabia, the Woman Who Invented Iraq|Clive Irving|June 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the mention of the doughty Scot I pounded the floor with my crutch and repeated "Dug—dug—dug."
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
The twain of them were doughty men, and noble in England, and both were very sage and well-beloved by the King.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson
It was a dismal hour for the proud court of the doughty governor.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska|Charles Warren Stoddard
If you only knew of all Galeazzo's doughty deeds on the journey!
The Child of Pleasure|Gabriele D'Annunzio
The men refused this wager of battle, but fortune favored this doughty little cavalier, for presently a great storm arose.
South American Fights and Fighters|Cyrus Townsend Brady

British Dictionary definitions for doughty (1 of 2)

doughty

/ (ˈdaʊtɪ) /

adjective -tier or -tiest

hardy; resolute

Derived forms of doughty

doughtily, adverbdoughtiness, noun

Word Origin for doughty

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

British Dictionary definitions for doughty (2 of 2)

Doughty

/ (ˈdaʊtɪ) /

noun

Charles Montagu. 1843–1926, English writer and traveller; author of Travels in Arabia Deserta (1888)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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