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Forbidding Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Forbidding? [n] an official prohibition or edict against something [adj] threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly" [adj] harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie Synonyms \| Synonyms for Forbidding: alarming \| baleful \| ban \| banning \| dour \| forbiddance \| grim \| menacing \| minacious \| minatory \| ominous \| sinister \| threatening \| ugly \| unpleasant Related Terms \| Find terms related to Forbidding: abhorrent \| abominable \| aloof \| awful \| backward \| bad \| base \| bashful \| beastly \| below contempt \| beneath contempt \| blank \| chilled \| chilly \| cold \| constrained \| contemptible \| cool \| crude \| dangerous \| despicable \| detached \| deterrent \| deterring \| detestable \| discouraging \| discreet \| disgusting \| distant \| dreadful \| exclusive \| execrable \| expressionless \| fetid \| forestalling \| foul \| frightful \| frigid \| frosty \| fulsome \| ghastly \| grisly \| gross \| gruesome \| guarded \| harsh \| hateful \| heinous \| hideous \| horrible \| horrid \| hostile \| icy \| ignoble \| impassive \| impersonal \| inaccessible \| inhibitive \| inhibitory \| interdictive \| interdictory \| introverted \| loathsome \| malodorous \| menacing \| mephitic \| miasmal \| miasmic \| modest \| nasty \| nauseating \| noisome \| noxious \| objectionable \| obnoxious \| obscene \| odious \| offensive \| offish \| Olympian \| ominous \| preclusive \| preventative \| preventive \| prohibiting \| prohibitive \| prohibitory \| prophylactic \| proscriptive \| rebarbative \| remote \| removed \| repellent \| repelling \| repressed \| repressive \| repugnant \| repulsive \| reserved \| restrained \| reticent \| retiring \| revolting \| shrinking \| sickening \| standoff \| standoffish \| stern \| stinking \| subdued \| suppressed \| suppressive \| terrible \| threatening \| ugly \| unaffable \| unapproachable \| uncongenial \| undemonstrative \| unexpansive \| unfriendly \| ungenial \| unpleasant \| vile \| withdrawn See Also \| prohibition \| test ban Forbidding In Webster's Dictionary \Forbid"ding\, a. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air. Syn: Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive; repulsive; odious; abhorrent. -- {Forbid"dingly}, adv. -- {Forbid"ding*ness}, n.

Forbidding Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Forbidding?

[n] an official prohibition or edict against something
[adj] threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"
[adj] harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie

See Also | prohibition | test ban

Forbidding In Webster's Dictionary

\For*bid"ding\, a.
Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion,
or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a
forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.

Syn: Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive;
     repulsive; odious; abhorrent. -- {For*bid"ding*ly}, adv.
     -- {For*bid"ding*ness}, n.

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