'Redoubtable' definitions:
Definition of 'redoubtable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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 grey wall" [syn: formidable, redoubtable, unnerving]
adjective
Worthy of respect or honor; "born of a redoubtable family"
Definition of 'Redoubtable'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'redoubtable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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