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redoubtable |
Overview of adj redoubtable The adj redoubtable has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) formidable, redoubtable, unnerving -- (inspiring fear; "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") 2. glorious, illustrious, redoubtable, respected -- (having or worthy of pride; "redoubtable scholar of the Renaissance"; "born of a redoubtable family") Antonyms of adj redoubtable 2 senses of redoubtable Sense 1 formidable, redoubtable, unnerving INDIRECT (VIA alarming) -> unalarming Sense 2 glorious, illustrious, redoubtable, respected INDIRECT (VIA proud) -> humble Similarity of adj redoubtable 2 senses of redoubtable Sense 1 formidable, redoubtable, unnerving => alarming (vs. unalarming) Sense 2 glorious, illustrious, redoubtable, respected => proud (vs. humble) Attributes of adj redoubtable Familiarity of adj redoubtable redoubtable used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj redoubtable redoubtable Overview of adj redoubtable The adj redoubtable has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) formidable, redoubtable, unnerving -- (inspiring fear; "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") 2. glorious, illustrious, redoubtable, respected -- (having or worthy of pride; "redoubtable scholar of the Renaissance"; "born of a redoubtable family")
redoubtable definition
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