What does redoubtable mean?
Redoubtable means Especially of a person..
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/ɹɪˈdaʊtəbl̩/ · adjective
Especially of a person..
Had you sought the Lady's court yourself.— / Faced the redoubtables composing it, / Flattered this, threatened that man, bribed the other,— / Pleaded, by writ and word and deed, your cause,— / Conquered a footing inch by painful inch,— / And, after long years' struggle, pounced at last / On her for prize,—the right life had been lived.
Use redoubtable when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Redoubtable means Especially of a person..
Common synonyms include formidable, glorious, illustrious, alarming.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Had you sought the Lady's court yourself.— / Faced the redoubtables composing it, / Flattered this, threatened that man, bribed the other,— / Pleaded, by writ and word and deed, your cause,— / Conquered a footing inch by painful inch,— / And, after long years' struggle, pounced at last / On her for prize,—the right life had been lived.
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