indomitable

English

Etymology

From the Late Latin indomitabilis, in- "not" + domitare frequentive of domare "to tame"

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

• impregnable, inexpugnable, insuperable, insurmountable, invincible, never-say-die, unbeatable, unconquerable, unsubduable, unsurmountable, unvanquishable

Translations

incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished

• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: lannistumaton (fi), peräänantamaton (fi)
• French: indomptable (fr)

• Greek: αδάμαστος (el) (adámastos)
• Polish: nieugięty
• Russian: неукротимый
• Serbo-Croatian: neukrotiv (sh), nesavladiv (sh)
• Swedish: otämjbar (sv), oregerlig (sv), ostyrbar (sv), genstörtig (sv)