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redoubtable

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[ US /ɹiˈdaʊtəbəɫ/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪdˈa‍ʊtəbə‍l/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. worthy of respect or honor
    born of a redoubtable family
  2. inspiring fear
    something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall
    a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic
    the formidable prospect of major surgery

How To Use redoubtable In A Sentence

  • His father was Louis VIII, of the Capet line, and his mother was the redoubtable Queen Blanche, daughter of King Alfonso of Castile and Eleanor of England. SAINT LOUIS, CONFESSOR, KING OF FRANCE
  • Even a staunch admirer of Turner, the redoubtable art critic Brian Sewell wrote at the time the Tate was mounting its campaign to save The Blue Rigi painting from being sold abroad: This is just bloody silly. A legacy Turner would have approved of | Charles Saatchi
  • She was a redoubtable woman. Times, Sunday Times
  • Lucien watched this Dauriat, who addressed Finot with the familiar tu, which even Finot did not permit himself to use in reply; who called the redoubtable Blondet “my boy,” and extended a hand royally to Nathan with a friendly nod. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
  • The mosquitoes of Loreto have a deserved reputation for driving away such visitors as do not care to leave much of their blood with the redoubtable diptera. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
  • This poorly regarded army produced some outstanding leaders and redoubtable soldiers, and several developments had long-term importance.
  • Thompson also says his friend, the "redoubtable" Chris Sparks of Sparking Design, has launched the "Team Cul de Sac" fundraising site for Parkinson's research. TEAM CUL DE SAC: Richard Thompson launches cartoon campaign to fight Parkinson's
  • But White Fang, uncompanionable, solitary, morose, scarcely looking to right or left, redoubtable, forbidding of aspect, remote and alien, was accepted as an equal by his puzzled elders.
  • Ms. Miller — the redoubtable, doubtable New York Times scoop artist — was on the phone Monday afternoon, giving an interview on her way to get an interview. Times' Judy Miller, In Contempt, Says She Won't Budge
  • Only the redoubtable Sam Smyth succeeded where all others failed.
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