redoubtable
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Is redoubtable a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of redoubtable?
Definition
adj (English)
1. Especially of a person.Examples: "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?"; "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, they required quite different driving methods; […]."Antonyms: unredoubtablehumoroussometimes
2. Especially of a person.Examples: "[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.— […]"; "Inwardly she quaked, because she dreaded and admired the calm, self-contained character of her daughter Winnie, whose displeasure was made redoubtable by a diversity of dreadful silences."Antonyms: unredoubtable
noun (English)
1. (in a positive sense, sometimes humorous) A person who elicits respect.humorousin-pluraloftensometimes
2. (in a negative sense) A person who elicits dread or fear; a formidable person.Examples: "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."in-pluraloften
Definition source: Wiktionary