Meaning & use
rebarbative
Causing strong dislike or resistance; unpleasant and off-putting.
See it in a sentence
Critics called the professor's rebarbative manner off-putting to new students.
Despite its rebarbative prose style, the novel remained highly influential among scholars.
A note on using this word
Rebarbative is a rare, highly literary word, mostly found in formal writing about a person's manner or a difficult, unappealing style.
Words with a similar meaning
repellentoff-putting
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Words with an opposite meaning
appealing
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