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| 1. | [ adjective ] threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | |
| Synonyms: | ominous sinister threatening menacing ugly minatory minacious baleful | |
| Examples: | "a baleful look" "forbidding thunderclouds" "his tone became menacing" "ominous rumblings of discontent" "sinister storm clouds" "a sinister smile" "his threatening behavior" |
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| Related terms: | alarming | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance | |
| Synonyms: | grim dour | |
| Examples: | "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 |
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| Related terms: | unpleasant | |
| 3. | [ noun ] an official prohibition or edict against something | |
| Synonyms: | banning forbiddance ban | |
| Related terms: | prohibition test_ban forbid ban | |
| Similar spelling: |
forbiddingly forbidden forbiddance foreboding |
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