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redoubtable

[ ri-dou-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. that is to be feared; formidable.
  2. commanding or evoking respect, reverence, or the like.


redoubtable

/ rɪˈdaʊtəbəl /

adjective

  1. to be feared; formidable
  2. worthy of respect
“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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Derived Forms

  • reˈdoubtableness, noun
  • reˈdoubtably, adverb
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Other Words From

  • re·doubta·ble·ness noun
  • re·doubta·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of redoubtable1

First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English redoutable, from Middle French, equivalent to redout(er) “to fear” ( re- re- + douter “to fear, doubt” ) + -able “be capable of”; doubt, -able
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Word History and Origins

Origin of redoubtable1

C14: from Old French, from redouter to dread, from re- + douter to be afraid, doubt
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Example Sentences

Even the intelligence operations of the redoubtable New York City Police Department are under fire.

In the 1990s, progressive politicians led by the redoubtable Al Gore, viewed the “digital divide” as a dire national crisis.

And what about his replacement, the redoubtable Rosa Otunbayeva, a former foreign minister and ambassador to the U.S.?

Laurence de Cinq-Cygne struggled valiantly against a cunning and redoubtable police-agency, the soul of which was Corentin.

Each sect has endeavored to make its God a monarch the most redoubtable, the greatest, the most despotic, and the most selfish.

The clergy, arrived at this elevation of power and grandeur, became redoubtable even to monarchs.

Not one of them, however, was able to throw a spear upwards, so I scored over even the most redoubtable chiefs.

His wife soon joined him, taking with her the redoubtable rag-baby, which had afforded us so much food for gossip and conjecture.

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