Meaning of redoubtable in English

1. Pronunciation

   /rəˈdaʊdəb(ə)l/

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1. Classifying Adjective

   redoubtable

   Definitions

   1. inspiring fear

   Examples

   • « 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 gray wall »

   Synonyms

   • alarming
2. 2. having or worthy of pride

   Examples

   • « redoubtable scholar of the Renaissance »
   • « born of a redoubtable family »

   Synonyms

   • proud