Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Marked by stouthearted courage; brave.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Strong; brave; spirited; valiant; powerful: as, a doughty hero.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Brave ;bold ;courageous ;valiant ;intrepid ;stouthearted ;fearless . - adjective
Hardy ;strenuous ;dauntless ;resolute .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Sir Stuart Wheeler is well-known as a doughty fighter against the great behemoth that is the EU and, in particular, the continued membership of the UK of that deeply corrupt entity.
Promises, Promises 2008
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Sir Stuart Wheeler is well-known as a doughty fighter against the great behemoth that is the EU and, in particular, the continued membership of the UK of that deeply corrupt entity.
Archive 2008-09-14 2008
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In curt terms the doughty mayor refused to do so, stating there was not in the city of New
How the Flag Became Old Glory Emma Look Scott
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When did hear King Gunther/how called the doughty man
The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original George Henry Needler 1914
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Hrosshild of the Wolfings, for she was well-known as a doughty woman.
The House of the Wolfings William Morris 1865
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Britain's high earners have a doughty champion in Boris Johnson.
Tax cuts for high earners make no sense – give them to those on low incomes 2011
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The record was, I think, called Peace, a heart-warming exhortation for world leaders to avoid war – although many of them, unbelievably, have completely ignored the doughty cloggers' message in the intervening years.
Which footballers have produced their own food and drink? 2011
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Of course, it is countries, not people, who are IMF members, so one can have hours of fun imagining a quartet of doughty representatives sat round a table, imposing austerity on each other in return for the adoption of free-market policies, until the end of time.
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For all his foibles, Russell was a superb wicketkeeper and a doughty batsman.
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It has been a long road since those doughty 18 women's golfers established what is now the ladies' tour, but all their hard work could be about to pay off.
The Queens of Clubs Linda Jackson 2011
fbharjo commented on the word doughty
doughty in the sense of brave holding together
December 28, 2006
brtom commented on the word doughty
"By heaven, Theodore Purefoy, thou hast done a doughty deed and no botch!"
Joyce, Ulysses, 14
January 27, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word doughty
I always want it to rhyme with sought. No reason.
January 31, 2007
ofravens commented on the word doughty
A hundred heralds she sent out
To summon in her sight all doughty men
from "The Queen's Complaint," Sylvia Plath
April 14, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word doughty
DUKE. When, to evade Destruction's hand,
To hide they all proceeded,
No soldier in that gallant band
Hid half as well as he did.
He lay concealed throughout the war,
And so preserved his gore, O!
That unaffected,
Undetected,
Well-connected
Warrior,
The Duke of Plaza-Toro!
ALL. In every doughty deed, ha, ha!
He always took the lead, ha, ha!
That unaffected,
Undetected,
Well-connected
Warrior,
The Duke of Plaza-Toro!
-W.S. Gilbert, The Gondoliers
August 21, 2008
ruzuzu commented on the word doughty
I'm with jennarenn.
September 9, 2010