redoubtable

Meaning

Adj

1. (humorous, sometimes) Especially of a person.
2. Especially of a person.

Noun

1. (humorous, in-plural, often, sometimes) A person who elicits respect.
2. (in-plural, often) A person who elicits dread or fear; a formidable person.

Opposite of

unredoubtable

Synonyms

formidable

menacing

fearful

😨

awesome

unnerving

frightful

dreadful

estimable

flagitious

grisly

honorable

honored

horrendous

horrible

horrifying

icebox

laudable

monstrous

numinous

stubborn

terrible

terrifying

threatening

tough

tremendous

venerable

reverend

impregnable castle

marvy

apeshit

coolio

august

way cool

awful

brave

courageous

difficult

dire

Translations

temible

φοβερός

heybetli

tirsnak

furchtbar

korkunç

τρομερός

énervant

redoutable

temibile

formidable

fürchterlich

cesur

hartnäckig

großartig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈdaʊ.tə.bəl/

Etymology

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English redoutable (“worthy of honour, venerable; frightening, terrible”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman redoutable and Middle French redoutable, redoubtable, from Old French redotable (modern French redoutable), from redoter (“to fear”) (whence Middle French redoubter, redouter, French redouter) + -able (suffix meaning ‘deserving of, worthy of’). Redoter is derived from re- (intensifying prefix) + doter (“to doubt; to fear”) (from Latin dubitō (“to doubt, be uncertain, waver in opinion”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwi- (“apart, asunder; two”) + *bʰuH- (“to appear; to be; to become; to grow”), in the sense of being in two minds).
The noun is derived from the adjective.