rébarbatif

French

Etymology

From the Old French rebarber +‎ -atif

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.