Redoubtable

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  • adjective. Arousing fear or awe; formidable.
  • adjective. Worthy of respect or honor.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • That is to bo dreaded; formidable; terrible: as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant: often used in irony or burlesque.
  • Worthy of reverence.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; ; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Eliciting respect or fear; imposing; awe-inspiring.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. worthy of respect or honor
  • adjective. inspiring fear
  • Word Usage
    "General Byng's attack covered the whole length of what had become known as the redoubtable and supposedly impregnable "Hindenburg line," so called because it had been established by that greatest of all German military geniuses, Field Marshal von Hindenburg."
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