doughtier

Adjective

doughty (comparative doughtier or more doughty, superlative doughtiest or most doughty)

1. (archaic, literary) Bold; brave, courageous.
   • Hurriedly he snatched up others, one or two at a time, until he had slaughtered thirty of Hrothgar's doughtiest earls.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 21

   Synonyms:

   dauntless, fearless, intrepid, resolute, stouthearted, valiant, adventurous, mettlesome, aweless, bad

   Antonyms:

   backboneless, base, soft, bitch-ass, boneless, caitiff, candy-assed, chicken, chicken-hearted, chicken-livered

2. (archaic, literary) Robust, sturdy; strong and perhaps stout.
   • Aye, here's a ship of doughty build and strong: But not for lads like you to sail to port.1937, Edward Mellor Jameson, Charterhouse
3. (uncommon) Catachresis for dowdy.

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