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- Dictionaryforbidding/fəˈbɪdɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. unfriendly or threatening in appearance: "a grim and forbidding building" Similar Opposite
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unfriendly and likely to be unpleasant or harmful: a forbidding row of security guards. With storm clouds rushing over them, the mountains looked dark and forbidding. Synonym. menacing. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not being friendly. abrasively. abrasiveness. abruptly. abruptness. aloof. estrangement from someone. flintily.
1. : such as to make approach or passage difficult or impossible. forbidding walls. 2. : disagreeable, repellent. a forbidding task. 3. : grim, menacing. a dark forbidding sky. forbiddingly. fər-ˈbi-diŋ-lē. fȯr- adverb. Synonyms. alarming. direful. dreadful. fearful. fearsome. formidable. frightening. frightful. ghastly. hair-raising. horrendous.
adjective. us / fɚˈbɪd.ɪŋ / uk / fəˈbɪd.ɪŋ / Add to word list. unfriendly and likely to be unpleasant or harmful: a forbidding row of security guards. With storm clouds rushing over them, the mountains looked dark and forbidding. Synonym. menacing. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not being friendly. abrasively. abrasiveness. abruptly.
Definitions of forbidding. noun. an official prohibition or edict against something. synonyms: ban, banning, forbiddance. see more. adjective. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. “ forbidding thunderclouds” synonyms: baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening. alarming.
Forbidding definition: grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister. See examples of FORBIDDING used in a sentence.
adjective. If you describe a person, place, or thing as forbidding, you mean they have a severe, unfriendly, or threatening appearance. There was something a little severe and forbidding about her face. ...a huge, forbidding building. Synonyms: threatening, severe, frightening, hostile More Synonyms of forbidding.
Define forbidding. forbidding synonyms, forbidding pronunciation, forbidding translation, English dictionary definition of forbidding. prohibiting: They are forbidding entry. Not to be confused with: foreboding – a prediction; a portent of future misfortune; presentiment: She had a...
adjective. /fəˈbɪdɪŋ/ /fərˈbɪdɪŋ/ seeming unfriendly and frightening. a forbidding appearance/look/manner. The house looked dark and forbidding. His face took on a forbidding, sombre look. Want to learn more?
FORBIDDING definition: looking unpleasant, unfriendly, or frightening: . Learn more.
forbidding meaning, definition, what is forbidding: having a frightening or unfriendly appea...: Learn more.
