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Forbidding
for·bid·ding
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Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
threatening or fearsome atmosphere, difficult to approach;
e.g. His stern glare was one of his more forbidding features that she chose to ignore.
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Alarming
Austere
Barring
Bloodcurdling
Daunting
Deterrence
Dictation
Dire
Direful
Dour
Dread
Dreadful
Fearful
Fearsome
Fierce
Flinty
Formidable
Frightening
Frightful
Ghastly
Grim
Gruff
Gut-wrenching
Hair-raising
Horrendous
Horrible
Lowering
Overriding
Prescript
Prohibition
Proscription
Redoubtable
Rough
Rugged
Scary
Severe
Shocking
Spine-chilling
Stark
Starkly
Steely
Stern
Terrible
Terrifying
Ungentle
Opposite Words
Abiding
Agreeable
Allowance
Approval
Approving
Authorization
Bearing
Bland
Blessed
Cheerful
Clearance
Clearing
Commanding
Compliance
Congenial
Darling
Delectable
Delicious
Delightful
Dreamy
Dulcet
Easy
Encouragement
Encouraging
Endorsement
Enduring
Felicific
Felicitous
Flighty
Frivolous
Giddy
Glad
Good
Goofy
Grateful
Gratifying
Happy
Harebrained
Heavenly
Inviting
Jolly
License
Light-headed
Lighthearted
Luscious
Meek
Mellow
Merry
Nonthreatening
Nursing
Obedience
Palatable
Permission
Personable
Playful
Pleasant
Pleasing
Pleasurable
Pretty
Promotion
Quiet
Reassuring
Sanction
Satisfying
Savory
Silly
Soothing
Submission
Sufferance
Suffering
Sunny
Support
Sweet
Tasty
Toleration
Tranquil
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Related Words
Adamant
Appalling
Atrocious
Awful
Bitter
Black
Bleak
Bone-chilling
Bound
Brooding
Brutal
Burdensome
Cheerless
Coercion
Cold
Compulsion
Constraint
Creepy
Cruel
Curbing
Dark
Daunting
Declining
Determined
Deterrence
Dictation
Direction
Discouragement
Dismaying
Disturbing
Dreadful
Eerie
Excruciating
Firm
Force
Frightful
Ghastly
Gloomy
Glum
Grave
Grewsome
Grievous
Grim
Grisly
Grizzly
Gruesome
Halting
Hard
Hardhanded
Hardheaded
Harsh
Helping
Hideous
Horrendous
Horrible
Horrid
Horrific
Hostile
Humorless
Immovable
Immutable
Implacable
Inflexible
Inhospitable
Inhuman
Inimical
Instruction
Intent
Knit
Lurid
Macabre
Melancholic
Melancholy
Monstrous
Moody
Morose
Mulish
Murderous
Nagging
Nightmare
Obdurate
Obstinate
Onerous
Oppressive
Passing
Perturbing
Prevention
Purposeful
Repression
Resolute
Rigid
Rough
Rugged
Searing
Self-willed
Serious
Severe
Shocking
Sober
Sobersided
Solemn
Somber
Staid
Startling
Steadfast
Stiff
Stubborn
Sulky
Sullen
Suppression
Surly
Terrible
Terrific
Threatening
Tough
Troublesome
Troubling
Troublous
Trying
Unbending
Unchangeable
Uncompromising
Unflinching
Unfriendly
Unrelenting
Unsettling
Unsmiling
Unsympathetic
Unyielding
Upsetting
Weighty
Weird
Willful
Worrisome
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