redoubtable - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'redoubtable' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Redoubtable

[ a.]

- Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque.

1 . redoubtable

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- inspiring fear

Example in sentence:

a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic;
something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall;
the formidable prospect of major surgery

Meaning (2):
- worthy of respect or honor

Example in sentence:

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