re|doubt´a|bly

re|doubt´a|bly
re|doubt|a|ble «rih DOW tuh buhl», adjective.
1. that should be feared or dreaded: »

a redoubtable warrior.

SYNONYM(S): formidable.
2. commanding respect: »

a redoubtable debater…that you marry this redoubtable couple together—Righteousness and Peace (Oliver Cromwell). Michael I. Pupin…had become professor of electromechanics and a redoubtable inventor (Harper's).

[< Old French redoutable < redouter to dread < re- again + douter. Compare etym. under doubt. (Cf.doubt)]
re|doubt´a|ble|ness, noun.
re|doubt´a|bly, adverb.

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