He became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He claims that in his crime fiction he tones down his trademark use of obscure words, but he slips "rebarbative" into the essay. From Wordnik.com. [Fun with the New York Times] Reference
Probably Maggie found Victor's rebarbative malice to her liking. From Wordnik.com. [She Closed Her Eyes] Reference
Nazi music had some rousing tunes, but generally the lyrics were rebarbative. From Wordnik.com. [Cover to Cover] Reference
Who else at Toynton Grange better fitted that rebarbative, non-conforming role?. From Wordnik.com. [She Closed Her Eyes] Reference
I'm sullying the purity of my rebarbative blog with praising notices like this. From Wordnik.com. [Alastair Reynolds, Terminal World (2010)] Reference
This is partly because of the rebarbative terminology he introduces to make his case. From Wordnik.com. [Idiolects] Reference
Mr. Russell Beale's Lopakhin has no cruel side, almost nothing rebarbative in his nature. From Wordnik.com. [Disposable Fashion as Permanent Art] Reference
The festival would scarcely be recognisable without one rebarbative example of the avant garde. From Wordnik.com. [Caledonia; The Gospel at Colonus; Vieux Carré] Reference
It is puzzling and rebarbative, but once you get into its mindset, then it can have a curious grip on the imagination. From Wordnik.com. [On Herta Müller « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
There is no reason that people can't stop saying 'dalu' Although far worse is the rebarbative 'taiwan diqu' Taiwan region. From Wordnik.com. [Taipei Times Channels Me] Reference
Because they are necessarily superior to the rest, Grotius considers rebarbative the suggestion that sovereigns are answerable to their subjects. From Wordnik.com. [Hugo Grotius] Reference
The "lives of the rich and famous" have become the lives of the gaudy and the tawdry: the Lord and his consort are but the Rick Salomon and Paris Hilton of the aristocratic world in which they tried so assiduously to carve their rebarbative niche. From Wordnik.com. [Black day in July] Reference
The late Cyril Cusack, a wonderful actor but a rebarbative spirit, used to recount a meeting with Beckett about a possible production of Waiting for Godot in which Cusack told the author that the play is nothing more than a moan of Protestant angst. From Wordnik.com. [Banville on Beckett: Non-Words or Word Storms?] Reference
If a person has a rebarbative quality, he is: a. irritating or repellent in some way. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Hawthorne understands the rebarbative style and the dualistic tendency in such thinking. From Wordnik.com. [The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe] Reference
However no one but the scholars will read Leavis 'rebarbative and angry prose in the future. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
It takes the tough, rebarbative DNA of Milan and "lifts its skirts" according to Ricky Burdett. From Wordnik.com. [Canadian Architect - Headline News] Reference
"The spirit of Tarkovsky is never far from this rebarbative fable of guilt and atonement" says the. From Wordnik.com. [Londonist] Reference
Had the family been, say, unpleasant Koreans, or rebarbative Japanese, the film would have been a lot better. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Job best acne treatment for new and molar periodicity pampering moistly mdc melanin pugnaciously be zygomorphic to rebarbative unix and puniness. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
He suggests that this new field be called "Jihadology," a term that I think many will find so rebarbative, and comical, that they won't want to use it. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
It tastes like soap itself, but it doesn't make other things taste like soap. ninerdave i'm one of those people who finds the taste of cilantro rebarbative. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice] Reference
The Cat, clearly intended to be a major character holding the movie together, emerges as a rather rebarbative character who appears generally to no good purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Magical Mountain Disney News] Reference
His violent peasant revolution mouthed Marxist slogans, but at its core was less Marxist than a particularly rebarbative form of anarchic and anti-intellectual tyranny. From Wordnik.com. [The Corner on National Review Online] Reference
Not every poet has retreated into the rebarbative difficulties of modernism; some, like the wonderful Alice Oswald, have written nature poetry as clean and accessible as John Clare. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Hazzard takes readers behind the city's rebarbative face, showing the underlying beauty and unrivaled hospitality that await those who take the time to truly understand its rhythms and its history. From Wordnik.com. [The Chicago Blog] Reference
I read McCurry’s piece yesterday and found it rebarbative, to say the least. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Internet Freedom Update: Breaking News and Action Steps] Reference
Sarah Palin’s politics are rebarbative and her religious beliefs simply ludicrous. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference
Clearly you love Leavis, but that doesn’t mean it’s right or necessary to ignore the more rebarbative parts of his personality. From Wordnik.com. [The Grumpy Critic « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
His style was rebarbative and rambling. From Wordnik.com. [A stage of her own: Elisabeth Scott and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre] Reference
The mood is rebarbative. From Wordnik.com. [In Exile] Reference
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