farouche
📖 Definitions
adjective
1. Wild; fierce.
2. Shy; unsociable.
💬 Usage Examples
“I badly needed a guide to get me to the Khyber Pass, and I decided that what I required was the most farouche-looking guy ... and the toughest modern automobile.” Christopher Hitchens; Love, Poverty, and War; Nation Books; 2004. “At an event organised by the Writers’ Centre in Norwich the other week, one of the volunteers ... observed that when she was young, writers were semi-mythical creatures, farouche, barely ever seen in the flesh.” Will Self; The Novelist Offers His Tips for Reading Your Work Aloud; The Daily Telegraph (London, UK); May 25, 2013.