if a person is redoubtable, they have very strong qualities that make you respect them and perhaps feel afraid of them synonym formidable令人敬畏的;可敬的 a redoubtable leader 令人敬畏的领袖 He was dreading his interview with the redoubtable Mrs Fitton. 他害怕会见令人敬畏的费顿夫人。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French redoutable, from redouter ‘to fear’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + douter ‘to doubt’.