forbidding

forbidding
Synonyms and related words:
Olympian, abhorrent, abominable, aloof, awful, backward, bad, base, bashful, beastly, below contempt, beneath contempt, blank, chilled, chilly, cold, constrained, contemptible, cool, crude, dangerous, despicable, detached, deterrent, deterring, detestable, discouraging, discreet, disgusting, distant, dreadful, exclusive, execrable, expressionless, fetid, forestalling, foul, frightful, frigid, frosty, fulsome, ghastly, grisly, gross, gruesome, guarded, harsh, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, hostile, icy, ignoble, impassive, impersonal, inaccessible, inhibitive, inhibitory, interdictive, interdictory, introverted, loathsome, malodorous, menacing, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, modest, nasty, nauseating, noisome, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, offish, ominous, preclusive, preventative, preventive, prohibiting, prohibitive, prohibitory, prophylactic, proscriptive, rebarbative, remote, removed, repellent, repelling, repressed, repressive, repugnant, repulsive, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, revolting, shrinking, sickening, standoff, standoffish, stern, stinking, subdued, suppressed, suppressive, terrible, threatening, ugly, unaffable, unapproachable, uncongenial, undemonstrative, unexpansive, unfriendly, ungenial, unpleasant, vile, withdrawn

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  • Forbidding — For*bid ding, a. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air. Syn: Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • forbidding — index bleak (not favorable), censorship, loathsome, lugubrious, odious, ominous, portentous (ominous) …   Law dictionary

  • forbidding — (adj.) uninviting, 1712, prp. adjective from FORBID (Cf. forbid). Related: Forbiddingly; forbiddingness …   Etymology dictionary

  • forbidding — [adj] ominous, daunting abhorrent, disagreeable, dour, foreboding, frightening, glowering, grim, hostile, menacing, odious, offensive, off putting, repellent, repulsive, sinister, threatening, tough, ugly, unapproachable, unfriendly, unpleasant;… …   New thesaurus

  • forbidding — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unfriendly or threatening. DERIVATIVES forbiddingly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • forbidding — [fər bid′iŋ, fôrbid′iŋ] adj. looking dangerous, threatening, or disagreeable; repellent forbiddingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • Forbidding — Shannara location name=Forbidding nickname= capital= inhabitants=Demons location=an alternate dimension parallel to the Four Lands appearance= The Elfstones of Shannara , the High Druid of Shannara The Forbidding is an alternate dimension… …   Wikipedia

  • forbidding — adjective Date: 1599 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 adver …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • forbidding — forbiddingly, adv. forbiddingness, n. /feuhr bid ing, fawr /, adj. 1. grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister: his forbidding countenance. 2. dangerous; threatening: forbidding clouds; forbidding cliffs. [1710 15; FORBID + ING2] * * * …   Universalium

  • forbidding — for|bid|ding [fəˈbıdıŋ US fər ] adj having a frightening or unfriendly appearance forbidding place/land/landscape etc ▪ We sailed past the island s rather dark and forbidding cliffs. ▪ His face was forbidding, even hostile. >forbiddingly adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • forbidding — [[t]fə(r)bɪ̱dɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED 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… …   English dictionary

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