indomitable

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdɒmɪtəbl̩/
• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdɑmɪtəbl̩/

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.

Synonyms

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Related terms

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Translations

incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished

• Bulgarian: неукротим (bg) (neukrotim)
• Catalan: indomable
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不屈不撓／不屈不挠 (zh) (bùqūbùnáo), 不屈不挠 (zh) (bùqūbùnáo), 頑強／顽强 (zh) (wánqiáng), 顽强 (zh) (wánqiáng)

• Dutch: ontembaar (nl), niet klein te krijgen
• Finnish: lannistumaton (fi), peräänantamaton (fi)
• French: indomptable (fr)
• German: unerschütterlich (de), unbeugsam (de), unbezähmbar
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• Greek: αδάμαστος (el) (adámastos)
• Italian: invitto (it) m, indomito (it) m
• Polish: nieugięty (pl)
• Portuguese: indómito (pt) (Portugal), indômito (pt) (Brazil), indomável (pt)
• Russian: неукротимый (ru) (neukrotimyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: neukrotiv (sh), nesavladiv (sh)
• Spanish: indomable (es) m or f
• Swedish: otämjbar, oregerlig (sv), ostyrbar, genstörtig (sv)