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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. inspiring fear;
- Example: "the formidable prospect of major surgery"
- Example: "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston
- Example: "something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall"
[syn: formidable, redoubtable, unnerving]

2. worthy of respect or honor;
- Example: "born of a redoubtable family"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Redoubtable \Re*doubt"a*ble\ (-?*b'l), a. [F. redoutable,
   formerly also spelt redoubtable.]
   Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero;
   hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque. [Written
   also redoutable.]
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

redoubtable
    adj 1: 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 grey wall"
           [syn: formidable, redoubtable, unnerving]
    2: worthy of respect or honor; "born of a redoubtable family"