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List of meaning for forbidding

threatening or unfriendly in appearance

ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding(adj)

an official prohibition or edict against something

dour, forbidding, grim(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

baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening(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"

causing fear

a dark, forbidding house, that is reputed to be haunted

harsh and threatening in manner or appearance

told us in a forbidding voice to stop calling him by that name

the act of ordering that something not be done or used

the landlord's forbidding of loud music after 10:00 p.m.

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