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Rébarbatif - Mot du Jour - French Word of the Day

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Definition: forbidding, daunting

C'est une tâche rébarbative - It's a daunting task.

Ta mère a l'air rébarbatif - Your mom looks forbidding/has a forbidding look.

Related: une barbe - beard

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Pronunciation: [ray bar ba teef]Audio Link

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