Origin: Latin
suffix -able
Redoubtable has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
inspiring fear
"the formidable prospect of major surgery"
"a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"
"something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall"
2
worthy of respect or honor
"born of a redoubtable family"
3
Eliciting respect or fear; imposing; awe-inspiring.
Example Sentences
"the formidable prospect of major surgery"
adjective
"a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"
adjective
"something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall"
adjective
"born of a redoubtable family"
adjective