indomitable

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US /ɪnˈdɑmɪtəbl̩/ UK /ɪnˈdɒmɪtəbl̩/
adj Freq #42607

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.

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

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Synonyms
1 adj · incapable of being subdued,... immovableimpregnableindomitableinexpugnableinextinguishableinsuperableinsuppressibleinsurmountable
Opposites
beatableconquerabledomitableexpugnableextinguishablepregnablequenchablesinkablesubduablesuppressiblesurmountablevanquishable
Word family
Forms indomitably

Etymology

From Late Latin indomitābilis, from in- (“not”) + domitō, frequentative of domō (“to tame”). By surface analysis, in- + domitable.

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