rebarbative

re·bar·ba·tive  (r-bärb-tv)

adj.

Tending to irritate; repellent: "He became rebarbative, prickly, spiteful" (Robert Craft).

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[French rébarbatif, from Old French, from (se) rebarber, to confront : re-, re- + barbe, beard (from Latin barba; see bhardh-- in Indo-European roots).]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

rebarbative - serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent" repellant, repellent unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"