Associations to the word «Redoubtable»

Wiktionary

REDOUBTABLE, adjective. Eliciting respect or fear; imposing; awe-inspiring.

Dictionary definition

REDOUBTABLE, adjective. Inspiring fear; "the formidable prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston; "something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall".
REDOUBTABLE, adjective. Worthy of respect or honor; "born of a redoubtable family".

Wise words

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