doughty

¹

[ dou-tee ]

adjective

, dough·ti·er, dough·ti·est.

1. steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.

   Synonyms: dauntless, fearless, intrepid, bold, brave

Doughty

²

[ dou-tee ]

noun

1. Charles Mon·ta·gu [mon, -t, uh, -gyoo], 1843–1926, English traveler and writer.

doughty

¹

/ ˈdaʊtɪ /

adjective

1. hardy; resolute

Doughty

²

/ ˈdaʊtɪ /

noun

1. DoughtyCharles Montagu18431926MEnglishWRITING: writerTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: traveller Charles Montagu. 1843–1926, English writer and traveller; author of Travels in Arabia Deserta (1888)

Derived Forms

• ˈdoughtily, adverb
• ˈdoughtiness, noun

Other Words From

• doughti·ly adverb
• doughti·ness noun
• un·doughty adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of doughty¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English dohtig worthy, equivalent to *doht worth (cognate with Old High German toht; dow, -th ¹ ) + -ig -y ¹; replacing Old English dyhtig, cognate with German tüchtig

Word History and Origins

Origin of doughty¹

Old English dohtig; related to Old High German toht worth, Middle Dutch duchtich strong, Greek tukhē luck

Example Sentences

In public he has been a doughty defender of independence, a parliamentary performer not averse to barracking and heckling his political opponents.

From BBC

The French awarded the doughty little pigeon their Croix de Guerre medal for bravery under fire.

From Literature

The campaign also exposed the vacuum in our political press corps, which tried valiantly to prop up the Florida governor as a doughty maverick who shouldn’t be underestimated.

From Los Angeles Times

“They are the doughty, brave North Korean; the venal and cowardly South Korean, the evil American; and the even more evil Japanese.”

From Washington Times

None of these doughty Irish mams, abroad for the first time in their lives, display the slightest curiosity about their surroundings, or indeed anything beyond the horizons of their own tangled histories.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• brave
• courageous
• fearless
• heroic
• intrepid
• stouthearted
• valiant