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forbidding
adjective
(for-bid-ding)
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
Synonyms:
dour
,
grim
,
Examples:
A forbidding scowl.
forbidding
noun
(for-bid-ding)
an official prohibition or edict against something
Synonyms:
ban
,
banning
,
forbiddance
,
forbidding
adjective
(for-bid-ding)
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Synonyms:
baleful
,
menacing
,
minacious
,
minatory
,
ominous
,
sinister
,
threatening
,
Examples:
Forbidding thunderclouds.
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banning
,
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,
menacing
,
ominous
,
threatening
,
sinister
,
unpleasant
,
minatory
,
baleful
,
ugly
,
grim
,
alarming
,
dour
,
forbiddance
,
minacious
,
prohibiting
,
prohibits
,
barring
,
outlawing
,
prohibition
,
precluding
,
disallowing
,
enjoining
,
proscribing
,
preventing
,
illegalizing
,
restraining
,
denying
,
depriving
,
interdicting
,
restricting
,
proscribes
,
requiring
,
exempting
,
stipulating
,
authorizing
,
discourage
,
prevents
,
permitted
,
mandating
,
contravenes
,
imposing
,
circumventing
,
violating
,
disobeyed
,
confining
,
obliging
,
limiting
,
coercing
,
refraining
,
instructing
,
debars
,
dissuades
,
skirting
,
criminalize
,
rescinding
,
disapproves
,
decreeing
,
tabooed
,
confiscating
,
penalizing
,
frowns
,
enforcing
,
disfavoring
,
governs
,
suspending
,
disdaining
,
toughens
,
noncomplying
,
desist
,
annuls
,
preempts
,
without
,
defying
,
invalidating
,
illegalize
,
revokes
,
intimidating
,
disqualifies
,
obscure
,
expropriates
,
forswearing
,
denouncing
,
aggressing
,
obligates
,
subjecting
,
repeals
,
secluding
,
postdating
,
compel
,
gagging
,
banishing
,
disfellowship
,
transgressing
,
nullifying
,
regulating
,
obeying
,
forcing
,
codifying
,
dictating
,
forbidding
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