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distressing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d??st??s??/

Adjective

distressing (comparative more distressing, superlative most distressing)

  1. Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.

Translations

Verb

distressing

  1. present participle of distress

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redoubtable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French redoutable (spelled redoubtable in early modern French).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /???da?t?b?l/

Adjective

redoubtable (comparative more redoubtable, superlative most redoubtable)

  1. Eliciting respect or fear; imposing; awe-inspiring.
    The redoubtable New York Times has been called the "newspaper of record" of the United States.
  2. (obsolete) Valiant.

Derived terms

Translations


French

Adjective

redoubtable (plural redoubtables)

  1. Archaic spelling of redoutable.

Middle French

Adjective

redoubtable m or f (plural redoubtables)

  1. fearsome

Descendants

  • French: redoutable

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