Word of the Day – Rebarbative

Rebarbative (adj)

re-bar-bu-tiv

Unattractive and objectionable.

Late 19th century: from French rébarbatif, -ive, from Old French se rebarber ‘face each other ‘beard to beard’ aggressively’, from barbe ‘beard’.

Example sentences

“Something needs to be done about the rebarbative architecture going up everywhere.”