redoubtable

Examples

• All

• Ruling this Dutchie was the redoubtable Robert De Otteville, known to friend and foe as Giscard, a title translating to the cunning.

• I imagine the redoubtable women of Hull House—Julia Lathrop, Florence Kelley, and Jane Addams—looking at her electronic image.

  Academic text (2004)

• Your first meeting with the redoubtable Gray.

  The Body Snatcher (1945)

• The door itself is of redoubtable Pittsburgh steel.

  The Ladykillers (2004)

• The redoubtable Bobby Bishop not in the know?

  Shadow Conspiracy (1997)

• And the redoubtable Mr. Stavros...

  The Guns of Navarone (1961)

• Pierre de Lancre, redoubtable witch hunter.

  The Pale Blue Eye (2022)

• Morison's Columbus is an eagle-eyed sailor of redoubtable ability and signal purpose.

  Academic text (1992)

• By far, the most influential figure of the NCWC was the redoubtable Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Francis Spellman.

  Academic text (2011)

• In mere minutes, Sergeant Rogers returned, accompanied by the redoubtable Mister Tally Ho Thompson, who climbed into the coach and, with a jaunty wave and a grinning "Gents," seated himself.

  Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

I

impressive

vsredoubtable

584 3.4

Causing people to admire it, like a building or performance, because it is very good

adds an element of fear or power rather than only admiration or awe

F

formidable

vsredoubtable

133 7.0

A person or thing that is very powerful and makes people feel respect and fear

stresses notable capability and awe rather than sheer size or intensity

Antonyms

I

insignificant

104 4.1

Not important or too small to matter

U

unimpressive

9 3.9

Not very good or likely to attract attention

How Formidable

terrifying

209 5.3

fearsome

37 4.8

redoubtable

• Formal

3 9.0

formidable

133 7.0

impressive

584 3.4

Surface Forms

Etymology