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Defenition of the word forbidding

    • Defenition of the word forbidding

      • 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"
      • an official prohibition
      • 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
      • an official prohibition or edict against something
      • 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 clo
      • threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
      • harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

    Synonyms for the word forbidding

      • baleful
      • ban
      • banning
      • dour
      • forbiddance
      • grim
      • menacing
      • minacious
      • minatory
      • ominous
      • sinister
      • threatening
      • ugly

    Similar words in the forbidding

      • alarming
      • unpleasant

    Hyponyms for the word forbidding

      • test ban

    Hypernyms for the word forbidding

      • prohibition

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