indomitable

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdɒmɪtəbl̩/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdɑmɪtəbl̩/

Adjective

indomitable (comparative more indomitable, superlative most indomitable)

1. Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.
   • 1902, A. E. W. Mason, chapter 1, in The Four Feathers:

     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, chapter 7, in A Shepherd's Life:

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

   • 2007 March 31, Richard Corliss, “When Betty Got Frank”, in Time‎, archived from the original on 3 December 2010:

     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.

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

     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.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:indomitable

Derived terms

• indomitability
• indomitableness
• indomitably

Collocations

• indomitable human spirit

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), 頑強 / 顽强 (zh) (wánqiáng) Dutch: ontembaar (nl), niet klein te krijgen Finnish: lannistumaton (fi), peräänantamaton (fi) French: indomptable (fr), irréductible (fr) Galician: indomábel (gl), indomable (gl) German: unerschütterlich (de), unbeugsam (de), unbezähmbar (de) Greek: αδάμαστος (el) (adámastos), ακατάβλητος (el) (akatávlitos) Irish: dochloíte Italian: invitto (it) m, indomito (it) m Polish: nieugięty (pl), niezłomny (pl) Portuguese: indómito (pt) (Portugal), indômito (pt) (Brazil), indomável (pt) Romanian: imbatabil (ro) Russian: неукротимый (ru) (neukrotimyj) Serbo-Croatian: neukrotiv (sh), nesavladiv (sh) Spanish: indomable (es) Swedish: otämjbar (sv), oregerlig (sv), ostyrbar, genstörtig (sv), okuvlig (sv) Tocharian B: ayātaitstse Ukrainian: невгамовний m (nevhamovnyj), нестримний m (nestrymnyj)