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redoubtable

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re·doubt·a·ble  (r-dout-bl)
adj.
1. Arousing fear or awe; formidable.
2. Worthy of respect or honor.

[Middle English redoubtabel, from Old French redoutable, from redouter, to dread : re-, re- + douter, to doubt, fear; see doubt.]

re·doubta·bly adv.

redoubtable
Adjective
to be feared and respected: the redoubtable Mr Brooks [Old French redouter to dread]
redoubtably adv
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Adj.1.redoubtable - 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"
alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
2.redoubtable - worthy of respect or honor; "born of a redoubtable family"
reputable - having a good reputation; "a reputable business"; "a reputable scientist"; "a reputable wine"

redoubtable

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Our boat lay along some miles from the redoubtable bank on which Cook's vessel was lost, 10th June, 1770.
Every one might not penetrate it: the isle, of an extent of six leagues in length, and six in breadth, was a seignorial property, which the people had for a long time respected, covered as it was with the name of Retz, so redoubtable in the country.
Yet he was capable of knowing beyond all peradventure of a doubt that three bones are more than two bones, and that ten dogs compose a more redoubtable host than do two dogs.
 
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