About The Word Forbidding
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Forbidding
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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unaffable | unapproachable | uncongenial | undemonstrative | unexpansive | unfriendly | ungenial | unpleasant | vile | withdrawn See Also | prohibition | test ban Forbidding In Webster's Dictionary \For*bid"ding\, a.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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