Associations to the word «Redoubtable»
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Wiktionary
REDOUBTABLE, adjective. Eliciting respect or fear; imposing; awe-inspiring.
Dictionary definition
REDOUBTABLE, adjective. 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".
REDOUBTABLE, adjective. Worthy of respect or honor; "born of a redoubtable family".
Wise words
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues,
and can moderate their desires more than their words.