Redoubtable

Word REDOUBTABLE
Character 11
Hyphenation re doubt a ble
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Redoubtable"

What do we mean by redoubtable?

Arousing fear or awe; formidable. adjective

Worthy of respect or honor. adjective

That is to bo dreaded; formidable; terrible: as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant: often used in irony or burlesque.

Worthy of reverence.

Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; ; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque. adjective

Eliciting respect or fear; imposing; awe-inspiring. adjective

Worthy of respect or honor adjective

Inspiring fear adjective

Eliciting respect or fear; imposing; awe-inspiring.

Valiant.

Awe-inspiring, feared, respected, held in high regard Urban Dictionary

1. A stratovolcano (composite volcano)located in the Aleutian Range of Alaska. 9,000 feet high. Heavily glaciated. Erupted 5 times since 1900. Active for millennia. 2. Redoubt: a fortified place. Urban Dictionary

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The word "redoubtable" in example sentences

General Byng's attack covered the whole length of what had become known as the redoubtable and supposedly impregnable "Hindenburg line," so called because it had been established by that greatest of all German military geniuses, Field Marshal von Hindenburg. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Lucien watched this Dauriat, who addressed Finot with the familiar tu, which even Finot did not permit himself to use in reply; who called the redoubtable Blondet “my boy,” and extended a hand royally to Nathan with a friendly nod. ❋ Unknown (2007)

League and Covenant led him a prodigiously dull life and made him very weary with long sermons and grim Sundays, the Parliament called the redoubtable Oliver home to knock the Scottish men on the head for setting up that Prince. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The eldest actually flinched when Simon called the redoubtable Mrs. Frederick by her first name. ❋ Nancy Pickard (1987)

But, Charles having got over to Scotland where the men of the Solemn League and Covenant led him a prodigiously dull life and made him very weary with long sermons and grim Sundays, the Parliament called the redoubtable Oliver home to knock the Scottish men on the head for setting up that Prince. ❋ Unknown (1852)

Lucien watched this Dauriat, who addressed Finot with the familiar tu, which even Finot did not permit himself to use in reply; who called the redoubtable Blondet "my boy," and extended a hand royally to ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)

Thompson also says his friend, the "redoubtable" Chris Sparks of Sparking Design, has launched the "Team Cul de Sac" fundraising site for Parkinson's research. ❋ Michael Cavna (2011)

He admits he had to look up "redoubtable" in the dictionary when New York Times columnist William Safire used the word to describe his legal acumen. ❋ Unknown (2008)

President Thabo Mbeki has congratulated the "redoubtable" fourteen-year-old former street child, Bongani Mvumvu, who triumphed in the World Dressage Championships in Germany at the weekend. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Earlier Monday, Morgan, 45, appeared on The View, and genuflected to Walters' redoubtable interviewing abilities to the point of knee pain. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Andy Crouch's redoubtable article on Steve Jobs reminds us of the secularism ostensibly typical of our age. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Mr. Rajoy, who contested and lost the last two elections, had the advantage of Spain's fond memories of what his party achieved the last time it was in power, under the redoubtable José María Aznar. ❋ Unknown (2011)

My point, crudely executed as it may have been, was that the steady stream of invective and high profile braggadocio regularly spewed from redoubtable Fox News bullies who hide behind the appellations "entertainer" or "journalist", as well as the round-the-clock AM radio apparatchiks who deliver same and who are the de facto leaders of the Right Wing, in my opinion, bear much of the blame. ❋ Steven Weber (2011)

He lives with his grandmother, Rosie the redoubtable Mary Jo Catlett. ❋ James Scarborough (2011)

In the latter days of a ferocious winter, the sun dropped earthwards, having on this day pulled clear of its sluggish trajectory casting a few meek rays on the redoubtable snow and frost of the mountain glade. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"No point in a having a memorial service for an atheist like mum in St Bride's," Claire Rayner's family decided after Britain's most redoubtable agony aunt died she was not one for euphemisms last October. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The redoubtable [Chuck Norris] destroyed an entire [village] [in the blink of an eye]. ❋ Elvislives (2006)

I [went] to [see] Mount Redoubt over the [summer]. ❋ Volcano Know-it-All (2011)

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