indomitable

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UK/ɪnˈdɒmɪtəbl̩/US/ɪnˈdɑmɪtəbl̩/

adjective

Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.

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Meanings

adjectiveindomitable (comparative more indomitable, superlative most indomitable)

comparative more indomitable · superlative most indomitable

  1. Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.

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

    1910, William Henry Hudson, chapter 7, in A Shepherd's Life
    4 more examples

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

    1902, A. E. W. Mason, chapter 1, in The Four Feathers

    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.

    2007 March 31, Richard Corliss, “When Betty Got Frank”, in Time, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2010

    And even though the rest of the auto industry, seeing Tesla’s growth, jumped on the electric vehicle bandwagon, Tesla has maintained an indomitable lead.

    2022 April 28, Farhad Manjoo, “Is Elon Musk Really That Bad?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

    [Elle] Fanning channels stress, anger and the exhaustion of new motherhood without losing Margo’s indomitable spirit.

    2026 April 15, James Poniewozik, “Review: ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ Will Make an OnlyFan of You”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

    Synonyms: immovable, impregnable, inextinguishable, inexpugnable, insuperable, insuppressible, insurmountable, invincible

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveimpossible to subdue

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Late Latinindomitābilis
  2. Englishindomitable

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

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Translations

Bulgarian неукротим
  • неукротим (neukrotim)incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
Catalan indomable
  • indomableincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
Chinese Mandarin 不屈不撓 /不屈不挠, 頑強 /顽强
  • 不屈不撓 /不屈不挠 (bùqūbùnáo)incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • 頑強 /顽强 (wánqiáng)incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
Czech nezlomný, nezdolný
  • nezlomnýincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • nezdolnýincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • nezkrotnýincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
Dutch ontembaar, niet klein te krijgen
  • ontembaarincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • niet klein te krijgenincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
Finnish lannistumaton, peräänantamaton
  • lannistumatonincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • peräänantamatonincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
French indomptable, irréductible
  • indomptableincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • irréductibleincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
German unerschütterlich, unbeugsam
  • unerschütterlichincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • unbeugsamincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • unbezähmbarincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
Greek αδάμαστος, ακατάβλητος
  • αδάμαστος (adámastos)incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • ακατάβλητος (akatávlitos)incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
Irish dochloíte
  • dochloíteincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
Italian invitto, indomito
  • invittoincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • indomitoincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
Polish nieugięty, niezłomny
  • nieugiętyincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • niezłomnyincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
Portuguese indómito, indômito
  • indómitoincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • indômitoincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • indomávelincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
Romanian imbatabil
  • imbatabilincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
Russian неукротимый
  • неукротимый (neukrotimyj)incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
Spanish indomable
  • indomableincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
Swedish otämjbar, oregerlig
  • otämjbarincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • oregerligincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • ostyrbarincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • genstörtigincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • okuvligincapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
Ukrainian невгамовний, нестримний
  • невгамовний (nevhamovnyj)incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • нестримний (nestrymnyj)incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
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APA

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Chicago

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