rebarbative

Etymology
From, , from , ultimately from , literally “to stand beard to beard against”.

Adjective

 * 1) Irritating, repellent.
 * 2) * 2009 August 31, Nicholas Lezard, Down and out in London (column), New Statesman, page 54,
 * I know there are few things more rebarbative than parents who insist, usually against all the evidence, that their children are the bees’ knees, but something seems to have turned out fine.
 * 1) * 2009 August 31, Nicholas Lezard, Down and out in London (column), New Statesman, page 54,
 * I know there are few things more rebarbative than parents who insist, usually against all the evidence, that their children are the bees’ knees, but something seems to have turned out fine.

Translations

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