redoubtable

re·doubt·able

adj \ri-ˈdau̇-tə-bəl\

Definition of REDOUBTABLE

1

: causing fear or alarm : formidable

2

: illustrious, eminent; broadly : worthy of respect

— re·doubt·ably \-blē\ adverb

Examples of REDOUBTABLE

1. There is a new biography of the redoubtable Winston Churchill.
2. <his next opponent, the reigning champion, would be by far the most redoubtable adversary the young boxer had ever faced>

Origin of REDOUBTABLE

Middle English redoutable, from Anglo-French, from reduter to dread, from re- + duter to doubt

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to REDOUBTABLE

Synonyms: alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, fearful, scary, shocking, spine-chilling, terrible, terrifying

Related Words: daunting, demoralizing, disconcerting, discouraging, dismaying, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, startling, threatening, troubling, trying, unnerving; bone-chilling, creepy, eerie (also eery), weird; appalling, atrocious, awful, grisly, gruesome (also grewsome), hideous, horrid, macabre, monstrous, nightmarish

Near Antonyms: calming, comforting, consoling, inviting, lulling, pacifying, quieting, reassuring, relaxing, soothing, tranquilizing (also tranquillizing); nonintimidating, nonthreatening

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