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rebarbative
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rebarbative, adj. literary repellent, unattractive.
Etymology
F r{eacute}barbatif -ive f. barbe beard
THESAURUS
rebarbative
abhorrent, abominable, bad, barfy, base, beastly, below contempt, beneath contempt, brackish, cloying, contemptible, crude, despicable, detestable, disgusting, execrable, fetid, forbidding, foul, fulsome, gross, hateful, heinous, high, icky, ignoble, loathsome, maggoty, malodorous, mawkish, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, nasty, nauseant, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, overripe, poisonous, rancid, rank, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sickening, spoiled, stinking, vile, vomity, weevily, yuckyFor further exploring for "rebarbative" in Webster Dictionary Online