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DOUGHTY definition: 1. determined, brave, and unwilling ever to stop trying to achieve something: 2. determined…. Learn more.
The meaning of DOUGHTY is marked by fearless resolution : valiant. How to use doughty in a sentence. Did you know?
doughty. (daʊti ) Word forms: doughtier, doughtiest. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe someone as a doughty fighter, you mean they are brave, determined, and not easily defeated. [old-fashioned, approval] His doughty campaigns for the underprivileged have earned him national respect.
doughty. Someone who's doughty is brave and determined, like a doughty knight who fearlessly rides off to slay a terrifying giant. At first glance, you might confuse doughty with doughy, but the two words are quite different in meaning. Doughy things are soft and squishy, like unbaked bread.
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word doughty. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
DOUGHTY meaning: 1. determined, brave, and unwilling ever to stop trying to achieve something: 2. determined…. Learn more.