 redoubtable |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] inspiring fear | |
| Synonyms: | formidable unnerving | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | alarming | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] having or worthy of pride | |
| Synonyms: | glorious respected illustrious | |
| Examples: | "redoubtable scholar of the Renaissance" "born of a redoubtable family" |
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| Related terms: | proud | |
