Synonyms and Antonyms of redoubtable
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causing fear
- his next opponent, the reigning champion, would be by far the most redoubtable adversary the young boxer had ever faced
alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, scary, shocking, spine-chilling, terrible, terrifying
daunting, demoralizing, disconcerting, discouraging, dismaying, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, startling, threatening, troubling, trying, unnerving
bone-chilling, creepy, eerie (also eery), weird
appalling, atrocious, awful, grisly, gruesome (also grewsome), hideous, horrid, macabre, monstrous, nightmarish
calming, comforting, consoling, inviting, lulling, pacifying, quieting, reassuring, relaxing, soothing, tranquilizing (also tranquillizing)
nonintimidating, nonthreatening
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standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement
- a surprising discovery by one of the most redoubtable figures in Egyptian archaeology
astral, bright, distinguished, eminent, illustrious, luminous, noble, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, preeminent, prestigious, signal, star, superior
celebrated, exalted, famed, famous, glorious, honored, renowned, reputable
infamous, notorious
dominant, paramount, predominant
