different between unvanquishable vs indomitable

English

Etymology

From un- +? vanquishable.

Adjective

unvanquishable (comparative more unvanquishable, superlative most unvanquishable)

1. That cannot be vanquished; undefeatable, inconquerable.
   • 1662, Thomas Stanley, The History of the Chaldaick Philosophy, Thomas Dring, page 52:

     [...] if a man shall give his mind to these [i.e. stones, and herbs, and charms], he shall not only render his soul unvanquishable by passions, but shall also preserve his body the better in health: [etc.]

   Antonym: vanquishable

Translations

English

Etymology

From Late Latin indomitabilis, from in- (“not”) + domitare, frequentative of dom?re (“to tame”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?d?m?t?bl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?d?m?t?bl?/

Adjective

indomitable (comparative more indomitable, superlative most indomitable)

1. Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.
   • 1902, A. E. W. Mason, The Four Feathers, ch. 1:

     Personal courage and an indomitable self-confidence were the chief, indeed the only, qualities which sprang to light in General Feversham.

   • 1910, William Henry Hudson, A Shepherd's Life, ch. 7:

     But he was a youth of indomitable spirit, strong and agile as a wild cat.

   • 2007, Richard Corliss, "When Betty Got Frank," Time, 31 March:

     Nobody came on to the movie camera—wrapped it in a bear hug and wrestled it to submission—like Betty Hutton. They called this 40s singer-actress "the Blitzkrieg blond" . . . . [S]he was indomitable, unstoppable.

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• See Thesaurus:indomitable

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