rebuter
French → English
(emotion) To daunt: to discourage someone from a task because it is too difficult or tedious
La complexité de cet exercice de mathématiques finit par rebuter les élèves les plus doués.
(English) The complexity of this math exercise ends up daunting even the most gifted students.
Il ne s'est pas laissé rebuter par les nombreux échecs et a continué ses recherches.
(English) He did not let himself be discouraged by the many failures and continued his research.
(social) To repel: to push someone away or reject them with rudeness or coldness
Son arrogance et ses manières froides finissent par rebuter tous ses collègues.
(English) His arrogance and cold manners end up repelling all his colleagues.
Elle craignait de rebuter ses amis en leur demandant une trop grosse somme d'argent.
(English) She was afraid of repelling her friends by asking them for too large a sum of money.
Entry ID: fr:en:rebuter · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary