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   for·bid·ding

   /fərˈbidiNG/

   adjective

   • 1. unfriendly or threatening in appearance: "a grim and forbidding building" Similar hostileunwelcomingunfriendlyunsympatheticunapproachableharshgrimsternhardtoughcoolcoldchillyfrostydisagreeablenastymeanabhorrentrepellentinformal:off-puttingthreateningominousmenacingsinisterbroodingdauntingfearsomefrighteningchillingdisturbingdisquietinghostileunwelcominguninvitingunfriendlymean-lookingforebodingunpromisinginauspiciousevil-lookingsuggestive of evilinformal:spookyscarycreepyarchaic:direfulbodefulOpposite friendlyinviting

   Derivatives

   • 1. forbiddingly adverb

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