redoubtable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite inspiring fear
    unnerving; formidable.
    • 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
  2. adjective satellite worthy of respect or honor
    • born of a redoubtable family

WordNet

Re*doubt"a*ble adjective
Etymology
F. redoutable, formerly also spelt redoubtable.
Definitions
  1. Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque. Written also redoutable.

Webster 1913