How is the word rébarbatif translated from French to English

English translation
forbidding
adjective

Qui a l'air hostile, dur ou effrayant.

Looking unfriendly, harsh or frightening.

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  • Le château se dressait, sombre et rébarbatif, sur la falaise. — The castle stood dark and forbidding on the cliff.

  • Elle m'a lancé un regard rébarbatif et s'est éloignée. — She gave me a forbidding look and walked away.

  • Cette clôture grise n'est-elle pas un peu rébarbative ? — Isn't that grey fence a bit forbidding?

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