redoubtable
pronunciation
How to pronounce redoubtable in British English:
UK [rɪˈdaʊtəbl]
How to pronounce redoubtable in American English:
US [rɪˈdaʊtəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- inspiring fear
- having or worthy of pride
Word Origin
- redoubtable (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French redoutable (12c.), from redouter "to dread," from re-, intensive prefix, + douter "be afraid of" (see doubt (v.)).
Example
- 1. Even the redoubtable german economy now seems to be buckling .
- 2. Whose only defense is their will and redoubtable spirit .
- 3. The redoubtable american woman played her part .
- 4. The maximum redoubtable penury is the emotion of lonely and be relinquished .
- 5. Of the 39 soe women infiltrated into france , 11 of whom would die in concentration camps , she was perhaps the most redoubtable .