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farouche

/fəˈɹuːʃ/

farouche adjective: sullen or recalcitrant.

Adjective

farouche (comparative more farouche, superlative most farouche)

  1. Sullen or recalcitrant.

Forms of farouche

comparativemore farouche
superlativemost farouche

Origin of farouche

Unadapted borrowing from French farouche.

Words that rhyme with farouche

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Questions about farouche

What does farouche mean?
Farouche means sullen or recalcitrant.
What part of speech is farouche?
Farouche is an adjective.
How do you pronounce farouche?
Farouche is pronounced /fəˈɹuːʃ/.

Words near farouche in the dictionary

  1. Farooqis
  2. Farooqs
  3. Farooqui
  4. Farooquis
  5. faropenem
  6. farouche
  7. FARP
  8. Farquhar
  9. Farquharson
  10. farr
  11. Farra

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