rébarbatif

French

Etymology

From Old French rebarber +‎ -atif.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

rébarbatif (feminine rébarbative, masculine plural rébarbatifs, feminine plural rébarbatives)

1. daunting, forbidding, off-putting

See also

• barbant

Further reading

• “rébarbatif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.