rebarbativeadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈbɑːbətɪv/, U.S.

/rəˈbɑrbədɪv/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rébarbatif.

Etymology: < French rébarbatif repellent, disagreeable (14th cent. in Middle French) < Middle French rebarber to oppose, stand up to (13th cent. in Old French; < re- re- prefix + barbe barb n.¹, hence probably literally ‘to stand beard to beard against’) + -atif -ative suffix.

Repellent; unattractive; objectionable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adjective] > unpleasant

harda1535

rebarbative1892

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant

loatha700

unsweetc890

grimlyc893

unquemeOE

un-i-quemeOE

evila1131

sourc1175

illc1220

unhightlyc1275

unwelcomec1325

unblithec1330

unnetc1330

unrekena1350

unagreeablec1374

uncouthc1380

unsavouryc1380

displeasantc1386

unlikinga1398

ungaina1400

crabbedc1400

unlovelyc1400

displeasing1401

eschewc1420

unsoot1420

mislikinga1425

unlikelya1425

unlustya1425

fastidiousc1425

unpleasantc1430

displicable1471

unthankfulc1475

displeasant1481

uneasy1483

unpleasinga1500

unfaring1513

badc1530

malpleasant?1533

noisome1542

thanklessa1547

ungrate1548

untoothsome1548

ungreeable1550

contrary1561

disagreeable1570

offensible1575

offensive1576

naughty1578

delightlessa1586

undelightful1585

unwisheda1586

unpleasurable1587

undelightsomec1595

dislikeful1596

disliking1596

ungrateful1596

unsweet?a1600

distastive1600

impleasing1602

distasting1603

distasteful1607

unsightly1608

undelectable1610

disgustful1611

unrelishing1611

waspisha1616

undeliciousa1618

unwished-for1617

disrelishing1631

unenjoyed1643

unjoyous1645

mirya1652

unwelcomed1651

unpleasivea1656

sweet1656

injucund1657

insuave1657

unpalatable1658

unhandsome1660

undesirable1667

disrelishablea1670

uncouthsome1684

shocking1703

nasty1705

embittering1746

indelectable1751

undelightinga1774

nice and ——1796

unenjoyablea1797

ungenial1796

uncomplacent1805

ungracious1807

bitter1810

rotten1813

uncongenial1813

quarrelsome1825

grimy1833

nice1836

unrelished1863

bloody1867

unbewitching1876

ferocious1877

displeasurable1879

rebarbative1892

charming1893

crook1898

naar1900

peppery1901

negative1902

poisonous1906

off-putting1935

unsympathetic1937

piggy1942

funky1946

umpty1948

pooey1967

minging1970

Scrooge-like1976

sucky1984

stank1991

stanky1991

the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > [adjective] > that causes aversion

forbidding1712

averting1820

rebarbative1892

1892 Sat. Rev. 12 Nov. 571/1 It is not very clear why Sir Robert Coke..bestows so much trouble and time on this very rebarbative lady.

1905 Longman's Mag. Aug. 377 She chaperoned the young lady to a hospital, where the surgeon was rebarbative and did not conceal his injurious suspicions.

1927 Observer 1 May 20 The small minority that is not put off by the dry and rebarbative quality of the tuition.

1946 M. Beerbohm Mainly on Air 67 Even A. B. Walkley..found Ibsen rather rebarbative.

1958 I. Murdoch Bell iv. 48 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.)

1963 Listener 7 Mar. 436/1 Some rebarbative club member does seem to have opened one or two windows in the smoking-room.

1976 Gramophone Aug. 266/1 An accessible musical language can be equally deceptive and pose as many (though of course different) problems as an entirely novel and rebarbative idiom.

1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 20 Oct. ii. 68/5 The northern side has been progressively ruined by rebarbative modern buildings erected in the 1960's and 70's.

2002 R. Dawkins Devil's Chaplain (2003) i. 55 So rebarbative were his first five years, Sanderson actually wrote out his letter of resignation.

Derivatives

reˈbarbativeness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun] > quality of being detestable or loathsomeness

horribility13..

loathlihead1340

odiousnessa1513

abominableness?1529

fedity1542

heinousness1563

hatefulness1565

disdain1590

detestableness1612

abhorringa1616

obscenitya1618

nauseousness1657

obnoxiousness1674

repellency1733

repulsiveness1804

detestability1834

repellingness1834

loathednessa1859

rebarbativity1947

rebarbativeness1966

1966 Punch 16 Nov. 754/3 A veritable drummer boy, all knobbly North Country rebarbativeness and almost incomprehensible obsolete dialect.

2004 D. Turner Faith, Reason & Existence of God x. 214 It is this unresolved and unresolvable tension between the immanence and the transcendence of God which gives rise to the overstressed rebarbativeness of those theologies which seek to give expression to the tensions.

rebarbaˈtivity n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun] > quality of being detestable or loathsomeness

horribility13..

loathlihead1340

odiousnessa1513

abominableness?1529

fedity1542

heinousness1563

hatefulness1565

disdain1590

detestableness1612

abhorringa1616

obscenitya1618

nauseousness1657

obnoxiousness1674

repellency1733

repulsiveness1804

detestability1834

repellingness1834

loathednessa1859

rebarbativity1947

rebarbativeness1966

1947 I. J. C. Brown Say Word 102 Is Max our only dealer in rebarbativity?

2002 Hesperia 71 95/1 A certain degree of what the late-lamented David Lewis might well have termed ‘rebarbativity’ is inescapable in studies of this nature.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rebarbative
释义	rebarbativeadj. Brit. /rᵻˈbɑːbətɪv/, U.S. /rəˈbɑrbədɪv/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rébarbatif. Etymology: < French rébarbatif repellent, disagreeable (14th cent. in Middle French) < Middle French rebarber to oppose, stand up to (13th cent. in Old French; < re- re- prefix + barbe barb n.¹, hence probably literally ‘to stand beard to beard against’) + -atif -ative suffix. Repellent; unattractive; objectionable. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adjective] > unpleasant harda1535 rebarbative1892 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant loatha700 unsweetc890 grimlyc893 unquemeOE un-i-quemeOE evila1131 sourc1175 illc1220 unhightlyc1275 unwelcomec1325 unblithec1330 unnetc1330 unrekena1350 unagreeablec1374 uncouthc1380 unsavouryc1380 displeasantc1386 unlikinga1398 ungaina1400 crabbedc1400 unlovelyc1400 displeasing1401 eschewc1420 unsoot1420 mislikinga1425 unlikelya1425 unlustya1425 fastidiousc1425 unpleasantc1430 displicable1471 unthankfulc1475 displeasant1481 uneasy1483 unpleasinga1500 unfaring1513 badc1530 malpleasant?1533 noisome1542 thanklessa1547 ungrate1548 untoothsome1548 ungreeable1550 contrary1561 disagreeable1570 offensible1575 offensive1576 naughty1578 delightlessa1586 undelightful1585 unwisheda1586 unpleasurable1587 undelightsomec1595 dislikeful1596 disliking1596 ungrateful1596 unsweet?a1600 distastive1600 impleasing1602 distasting1603 distasteful1607 unsightly1608 undelectable1610 disgustful1611 unrelishing1611 waspisha1616 undeliciousa1618 unwished-for1617 disrelishing1631 unenjoyed1643 unjoyous1645 mirya1652 unwelcomed1651 unpleasivea1656 sweet1656 injucund1657 insuave1657 unpalatable1658 unhandsome1660 undesirable1667 disrelishablea1670 uncouthsome1684 shocking1703 nasty1705 embittering1746 indelectable1751 undelightinga1774 nice and ——1796 unenjoyablea1797 ungenial1796 uncomplacent1805 ungracious1807 bitter1810 rotten1813 uncongenial1813 quarrelsome1825 grimy1833 nice1836 unrelished1863 bloody1867 unbewitching1876 ferocious1877 displeasurable1879 rebarbative1892 charming1893 crook1898 naar1900 peppery1901 negative1902 poisonous1906 off-putting1935 unsympathetic1937 piggy1942 funky1946 umpty1948 pooey1967 minging1970 Scrooge-like1976 sucky1984 stank1991 stanky1991 the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > [adjective] > that causes aversion forbidding1712 averting1820 rebarbative1892 1892 Sat. Rev. 12 Nov. 571/1 It is not very clear why Sir Robert Coke..bestows so much trouble and time on this very rebarbative lady. 1905 Longman's Mag. Aug. 377 She chaperoned the young lady to a hospital, where the surgeon was rebarbative and did not conceal his injurious suspicions. 1927 Observer 1 May 20 The small minority that is not put off by the dry and rebarbative quality of the tuition. 1946 M. Beerbohm Mainly on Air 67 Even A. B. Walkley..found Ibsen rather rebarbative. 1958 I. Murdoch Bell iv. 48 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.) 1963 Listener 7 Mar. 436/1 Some rebarbative club member does seem to have opened one or two windows in the smoking-room. 1976 Gramophone Aug. 266/1 An accessible musical language can be equally deceptive and pose as many (though of course different) problems as an entirely novel and rebarbative idiom. 1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 20 Oct. ii. 68/5 The northern side has been progressively ruined by rebarbative modern buildings erected in the 1960's and 70's. 2002 R. Dawkins Devil's Chaplain (2003) i. 55 So rebarbative were his first five years, Sanderson actually wrote out his letter of resignation. Derivatives reˈbarbativeness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun] > quality of being detestable or loathsomeness horribility13.. loathlihead1340 odiousnessa1513 abominableness?1529 fedity1542 heinousness1563 hatefulness1565 disdain1590 detestableness1612 abhorringa1616 obscenitya1618 nauseousness1657 obnoxiousness1674 repellency1733 repulsiveness1804 detestability1834 repellingness1834 loathednessa1859 rebarbativity1947 rebarbativeness1966 1966 Punch 16 Nov. 754/3 A veritable drummer boy, all knobbly North Country rebarbativeness and almost incomprehensible obsolete dialect. 2004 D. Turner Faith, Reason & Existence of God x. 214 It is this unresolved and unresolvable tension between the immanence and the transcendence of God which gives rise to the overstressed rebarbativeness of those theologies which seek to give expression to the tensions. rebarbaˈtivity n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun] > quality of being detestable or loathsomeness horribility13.. loathlihead1340 odiousnessa1513 abominableness?1529 fedity1542 heinousness1563 hatefulness1565 disdain1590 detestableness1612 abhorringa1616 obscenitya1618 nauseousness1657 obnoxiousness1674 repellency1733 repulsiveness1804 detestability1834 repellingness1834 loathednessa1859 rebarbativity1947 rebarbativeness1966 1947 I. J. C. Brown Say Word 102 Is Max our only dealer in rebarbativity? 2002 Hesperia 71 95/1 A certain degree of what the late-lamented David Lewis might well have termed ‘rebarbativity’ is inescapable in studies of this nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1892
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