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rebarbative
re·bar·ba·tive [ ri brbətiv ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
repellent: unpleasant, annoying, or forbidding ( formal )

[Late 19th century. < French rébarbatif< rebarber, literally "face beard to beard" < barbe "beard"]

re·bar·ba·tive·ly adverb
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