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rebarbative

 (adj): serving or tending to repel
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2 months ago bluetangle said:

"Still, everyone appeared to be extremely nice, except that that Dr. Greenfield man was a trifle rebarbative. (This was a word which Toby had recently learnt at school and could not now conceive of doing without.)" - Iris Murdoch, The Bell

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