She was politely described as a redoubtable dowager.
Source: tatoeba (9948829)
Redoubtable
//ɹɪˈdaʊtəbl̩//
Synonyms for "redoubtable" (50 found)
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19 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- респектиращ adj (eliciting respect — see also awe-inspiring, imposing)
- страшен adj (eliciting respect — see also awe-inspiring, imposing)
Czech
2 entries- budící respekt adj (eliciting respect — see also awe-inspiring, imposing)
- obávaný adj (eliciting respect — see also awe-inspiring, imposing)
Finnish
3 entries- kunnianarvoisa adj (eliciting respect — see also awe-inspiring, imposing)
- kunnianarvoisa noun (person who elicits respect)
- pelottava noun (person who elicits dread or fear)
French
1 entries- redoutable adj (eliciting respect — see also awe-inspiring, imposing)
German
4 entries- ehrfurchterweckend adj (eliciting respect — see also awe-inspiring, imposing)
- ehrfurchtgebietend adj (eliciting respect — see also awe-inspiring, imposing)
- respekteinflößend adj (eliciting respect — see also awe-inspiring, imposing)
- Ehrfurcht einflößende Person noun (person who elicits respect)
Irish
2 entries- forránta adj (eliciting respect — see also awe-inspiring, imposing)
- mórghníomhach adj (eliciting respect — see also awe-inspiring, imposing)
Māori
2 entries- kaiora adj (eliciting respect — see also awe-inspiring, imposing)
- marutuna adj (eliciting respect — see also awe-inspiring, imposing)
Polish
1 entries- wzbudzający respekt adj (eliciting respect — see also awe-inspiring, imposing)
Sample sentences
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Overcoming severe radiation damage, the redoubtable orbiter has deployed a probe into Jupiter's atmosphere; studied the hottest volcanoes in the Solar System on Jupiter's moon Io; discovered evidence of subsurface oceans on the moons Europa and Ganymede; and provided new insights into the giant planet's stormy atmosphere, gigantic magnetosphere and energetic particle environment.
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The redoubtable New York Times has been called the “newspaper of record” of the United States.
Source: wiktionary
VVhere ſuch an other Rodomont, ſo furious, ſo valorous, ſo redoutable?
Source: wiktionary
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