Rébarbatif.
Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; SYN. hoarse, husky.
1. Disagreeable to the senses.
2. Extremely unkind or cruel.
3. Severe.
4. Sharply disagreeable; rigorous; SYN. abrasive.
5. Unpleasantly stern; SYN. rough.
Serving or tending to repel; SYN. repellent, repellant, repulsive.
ETYM Latin repellens, -entis, p. pr.
Incapable of absorbing or mixing with; SYN. resistant.