Redoubtable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Redoubtable \Re*doubt"a*ble\ (-?*b'l), a. [F. redoutable,
     formerly also spelt redoubtable.]
     Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero;
     hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque. [Written
     also {redoutable}.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  redoubtable
       adj 1: inspiring fear; "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" [syn: {formidable}, {unnerving}]
       2: having or worthy of pride; "redoubtable scholar of the
          Renaissance"; "born of a redoubtable family" [syn: {glorious},
           {illustrious}, {respected}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "redoubtable":
     appalling, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, celebrated,
     dire, direful, distinguished, dread, dreaded, dreadful, eminent,
     famed, fell, formidable, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, great, grim,
     grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific,
     horrifying, illustrious, macabre, morbid, notable, prominent,
     renowned, schrecklich, shocking, terrible, terrific, tremendous