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redoubtable
UK /ɹɪˈdaʊtəbl̩/ US /ɹəˈdaʊtəb(ə)l/
adj 2noun 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
new
VERB + REDOUBTABLE
described, shed
REDOUBTABLE + NOUN
dowager, enginemen, york
Definitions
adj
1
Especially of a person.
The redoubtable New York Times has been called the “newspaper of record” of the United States.
VVhere ſuch an other Rodomont, ſo furious, ſo valorous, ſo redoutable?
2
Especially of a person.
[I]t pleaſed the grekes at that tyme to ſe yͤ body of Hector ſo trayned by Achilles⸝ bycauſe he was wont to be ſo redoubtab[l]e to them⸝ […]
Revers'd that ſpear, redoubtable in war, / Reclined that banner, erſt in fields unfurl'd, / That like a deathful meteor, gleam'd afar, / And brav'd the mighty monarchs of the world.— […]
noun
1
A person who elicits respect.
2
A person who elicits dread or fear; a formidable person.
Had you sought the Lady's court yourself.— / Faced the redoubtables composing it, / Flattered this, threatened that man, bribed the other,— / Pleaded, by writ and word and deed, your cause,— / Conquered a footing inch by painful inch,— / And, after long years' struggle, pounced at last / On her for prize,—the right life had been lived.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — inspiring fear
- formidable
- unnerving
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The redoubtable New York Times has been called the “newspaper of record” of the United States.
Wiktionary02
VVhere ſuch an other Rodomont, ſo furious, ſo valorous, ſo redoutable?
Wiktionary03
This new batch was sent to Leicester shed, and the redoubtable enginemen who had made such a reputation for themselves with the ex-G.C.R. Atlantics took to the "B17s" immediately, although, of course,
Wiktionary04
Had you sought the Lady's court yourself.— / Faced the redoubtables composing it, / Flattered this, threatened that man, bribed the other,— / Pleaded, by writ and word and deed, your cause,— / Conquer
Wiktionary05
She was politely described as a redoubtable dowager.
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