Meaning

3 senses

  1. (uncommon)Catachresis for dowdy.

  2. (archaic, literary)Bold; brave, courageous.

    сме́лыйsmélyj, хра́брыйxrábryj, отва́жныйotvážnyj

  3. (archaic, literary)Robust, sturdy; strong and perhaps stout.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
bold; brave, courageous — see also brave:

Origin

The adjective is derived from Middle English doughty (“brave, bold, valiant”), from Old En

The adjective is derived from Middle English doughty (“brave, bold, valiant”), from Old English dohtiġ, dyhtiġ (“competent, good, strong, valiant”), from Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg.

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Forms

doughtier/more doughty, doughtiest/most doughty
Comparativedoughtier / more doughty Lesson
Superlativedoughtiest / most doughty Lesson

regular

Synonyms

30 synonyms
adventurousB2badA1boldB1courageousB1gutsyC1unafraidB1undauntedC1dauntlessfearlessintrepidresolutestoutheartedvaliantmettlesome

Antonyms

63 antonyms
backbonelessbaseA2softA2bonelesscaitiffchickenA1chicken-heartedchicken-liveredcouragelesscowardishcowardlyB2cowardycowheartedcowish

Word family

5 related words
Relatedredoubtable
Deriveddoughtdoughtilydoughtinessundoughty

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
doughdoughnutdourdousedoveB2

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