farouche
/fa.ʁuʃ/ adjective C1- wild, shy of humans · apprivoiser une bête farouche to tame a wild beast
- shy, unsociable, retiring, hesitant · un regard farouche a shy glance
- distant, unapproachable · Cette femme est bien farouche. This woman is very unapproachable.
- stubborn, intransigent · Les Québécois sont farouches au sujet de leur francophonie. The Québécois are stubborn about speaking French.
- savage, dangerous, fierce
- staunch
Plural farouches
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