Synonyms of rebarbative

rebarbative

adjective

ri-ˈbär-bə-tiv 

as in irritating

causing annoyance

there are aspects of that writer's personality that any reasonable person would regard as rebarbative, but we're just reading his novels—not marrying him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritating
• annoying
• frustrating
• disturbing
• abrasive
• exasperating
• aggravating
• irksome
• pestilential
• pestiferous
• maddening
• vexatious
• nettlesome
• painful
• vexing
• bothersome
• pesky
• nettling
• pestilent
• galling
• plaguey
• peeving
• carking
• pesty
• distractive
• riling
• rankling
• chafing
• troublesome
• infuriating
• disquieting
• mischievous
• burdensome
• displeasing
• biting
• discomforting
• tiresome
• troubling
• offensive
• importunate
• distressing
• stressful
• upsetting
• thorny
• enraging
• brattish
• angering
• spiny
• importune
• worrisome
• trying
• jarring
• inconveniencing
• bratty
• grating
• jangling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delightful
• pleasing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rebarbative

Why not place a bet on Tala Madani, whose desultory drawing and wildly rebarbative conceits might have the impact at the Met that artists like Matisse once had in Paris? — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023

One wonders why a skinny, rebarbative marionette should be getting so much attention. — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022

But Krugman can also sound like a cross between a bloodthirsty Robespierre and a rebarbative GIF. — Sebastian Mallaby, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2020

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