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for·bid·ding
 forbidding
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- pronunciation:
- f
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bI
dIng
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
tending to discourage an approach; likely to be unmanageable; uninviting.
a forbidding prospecta steep, forbidding mountain slope- synonyms:
- daunting, discouraging, inhospitable, unfriendly, uninviting
- antonyms:
- attractive, inviting
- similar words:
- formidable, grim, hostile, prohibitive, stern, unapproachable, unbending
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| definition 2: |
sinister or threatening.
a forbidding frown- synonyms:
- ominous, sinister
- similar words:
- foreboding, formidable, grim, portentous, threatening, ugly
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| related words: |
austere, desolate, dour, stark, unfavorable |
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| derivation: |
forbiddingly (adv.) |
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